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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Baker Hughes Inc, which specializes in extracting oil and gas from under the ground, wants to hire people who once explored beyond Earth.The oilfield services company held a two-day event this week to recruit current and former workers ...

California-based rocket maker SpaceX said that it will make a test flight in late November to the International Space Station, now that NASA has retired its space shuttle program. "SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for our next flight -- a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA confirmed on Thursday that a large piece of debris from space shuttle Columbia, which was destroyed in 2003, has been found in a drought-stricken Texas lake.The component of the ill-fated spaceship is one of its 18 ...

A piece of the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia has surfaced in eastern Texas, where a severe drought has dried up a lake and exposed debris from the 2003 accident, NASA said Tuesday.The globe-shaped object that turned up in Lake Nacogdoches, north of ...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The prolonged drought in Texas has revealed what officials think may be a piece of the Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke apart over east Texas as it reentered the atmosphere in 2003.Greg Sowell, a police sergeant in the ...

Space shuttle's final flight marks a remarkable 30-year journeyMillions of Americans followed the space shuttle Atlantis' final mission this week, which was the last of the 30-year-old shuttle program. Atlantis touched down early Thursday in Florida and was showered with accolades.The attention ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA moved to a new chapter in space exploration on Friday, a day after the end of its shuttle program, by announcing details of plans to determine if Mars has or ever had the ingredients for life.Managers ...

The shuttle Atlantis cruised home for a final time Thursday, ending its last mission to the International Space Station and closing a 30-year chapter in American space exploration.Under cover of darkness, the shuttle glided seamlessly to a predawn landing at Kennedy Space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Most Americans still think their country should play a dominant role in space exploration, a new poll showed on Thursday as the 30-year U.S. space shuttle program came to an end.The national survey released by CNN confirmed, ...

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Topic: Space Shuttles

Baker Hughes recruits ex-NASA employees

SpaceX plans November test flight to space station

NASA confirms space shuttle debris found in Texas

US shuttle debris surfaces amid Texas drought

Texas drought exposes possible Space Shuttle Columbia piece

A hunger to explore

With space shuttle era over, U.S. robot set for Mars

With space shuttle era over, robot set for Mars

End of an era for US spaceflight as Atlantis lands

Most Americans still want U.S. dominance in space: poll

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