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Bezos’ Secretive Space Company Launches Unmanned Test Flight In Texas

Associated Press

VAN HORN, Texas — A private space company founded by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has launched an unmanned spaceship in its first test flight, the latest…

In 2013, Messenger finished imaging the entire surface of Mercury. This composite image was created from thousands of images.

Science & Technology

Kill The Messenger: NASA Orbiter Crashes Into Mercury

Bill Chappell

Messenger was launched from Earth in 2004. After 4,104 orbits of Mercury and billions of miles of space travel, the orbiter ended its mission with a quiet bang Thursday.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside a Soyuz simulator at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on March 4 in Star City, Russia. Kelly, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency, are scheduled for launch Friday aboard a Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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NASA To Study A Twin In Space And His Brother On Earth

Nell Greenfieldboyce

During astronaut Scott Kelly's year in space, scientists will compare his physiology with that of his twin brother, Mark, to study the effect of prolonged space flight on the human body.