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Pushing the Limit: Black Hole Spins at Phenomenal Rate
An international team of astronomers measured the spinning speed of three black holes, finding that one rotates at a breakneck 950 times per second, nearing its rotation limit of 1,150 spins a second. ... Full story
NASA Enlists Mars Probe to Search for Missing Craft
NASA on Friday enlisted the help of a space probe orbiting Mars to search for another spacecraft missing around the Red Planet. ... Full story
Delta 2 Rocket Launches New GPS Satellite
Launch coverage of a Boeing Delta 2 rocket carrying the GPS 2R-16 satellite. ... Full story
Competition, Cooperation and Conflict: Space Tourism on the Rise
The Wirefly X Prize Cup identifies a large persistent community of people, defining their dreams and desires of human spaceflight. ... Full story
U.S. Air Force Pushes For Orbital Test Vehicle
There's new military life in an old NASA project-the X-37 technology demonstrator. The U.S. Air Force announced today that it is developing an Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), based on the design of a NASA X-37 craft. ... Full story
Next Shuttle Crew Rehearses Launch, Escape Drills
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Poor weather hindered one rocket launch Thursday, but posed little challenge to seven astronauts working inside NASA's Discovery space shuttle for a mock countdown and escape drill. ... Full story
ISS Astronauts Prepare for Golf Shot Spacewalk
Going long will take on new meaning next week when an astronaut tees up and sends a golf ball flying from the International Space Station (ISS). ... Full story
NASA Studies Manned Asteroid Mission
NASA is appraising a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid-gauging the scientific merit of the endeavor while testing out spacecraft gear, as well as mastering techniques that could prove useful if a space rock ever took aim for our planet. ... Full story


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