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Russia aborts space launch holding 3 astronauts seconds before lift off

Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift off Thursday, but the crew was safe, officials said. The Russian Soyuz rocket was to carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in

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How a bulletproof parachute saved parents and 2-year-old girl from dying in California plane crash by slowing the craft to 0mph in just eight seconds

Video of a tiny four-seat plane gliding to safety, care of its large emergency parachute, has left awed spectators asking how the life-saving device really works.  A family of three — Artem Konokuk, 38, his partner and two-year-old daughter — landed in the forests of Whitehorn, California March 8, after Konokuk realized his training flight did not have

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Space One Rocket Explodes Seconds After Launch in Japan

The first rocket launched by the Japanese start-up Space One exploded seconds after takeoff on Wednesday, denting its ambition to become the country’s first private company to put a satellite into orbit. The Kairos solid-fuel rocket launched just after 11 a.m. local time and burst into flames less than ten seconds later, livestreams of the

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