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But, you know, something I often think about, and I guess I'm curious what you, about your story, maybe your thoughts on that too, you know there's a lot of "Oh, I lost 50...

      Five, four, three, two, one, main engine start and liftoff!   Music   Why do we send anything into space?   Well, it turns out sending spacecraft into space has a major impact on your life,  ...

      Music   NARRATOR: Space shuttle Atlantis stands on Launch Pad 39A one last time following a nearly   seven-hour ride to the structure on the top of a crawler-transporter. For 30 years,   space...

CHANG-DIAZ: Well, rockets today are powered by chemistry. The way it works is that the fuel that you carry on board actually burns, actually explodes inside this rocket motor, and you get a lot of...

Brandi Dean/Landing Commentator: One minute now until touchdown. Discovery's landing gear will be locked down and into place at 300 feet in altitude. It's currently 3,500 feet and...

"Progress continues on work to prepare the Orion spacecraft for next year's flight test ..." "Happy anniversary to the ISS ..." "And the MAVEN...

Narrator: Popular Science Magazine has named NASA's PhoneSat project as a winner in the Aerospace category of its 2012 Best of What's New Awards. The awards, now in their 25th year,...

      Kelly Humphries/STS-134 Descent Commentator: Approximately three miles   to the landing site.   And there is the runway.   Speed.   And there’s a (inaudible) view of space shuttle Endeavour as...

This Week At NASA… “Hey guys!” President Obama spoke with the crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. “I think I speak for the...

[ Background noise ] >> Could you repeat it again? >> Touch down confirmed. [ Background noise ] >> Official landing time 10:46 p.m. central time. [...