US federal shutdown puts key science functions on hold
Roughly 800,000 "non-essential" government workers, including many key scientific and medical providers, are at home without pay
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NASA revives Starshade to let Earth-like worlds shine
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Date glitch delays Cygnus’s rendezvous with ISS
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Private space race takes off as new firm heads for ISS
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Crispy frog photo-bombs LADEE moon launch
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NASA orbiter will use laser to bring broadband to moon
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NASA is turning science fiction into fact
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Astrophile: The iron planet with a 4-hour year
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Capturing alien auroras in a bottle
The sky-filling electric swirls of the Northern Lights – and the auroras from several other planets – have been recreated in a mini solar system under glass
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Meet the NASA scientist devising a starship warp drive
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Xombie rocket lands on its feet
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NASA’s upcoming astronaut capsule has hints of Apollo
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