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		Bargain Basement Satellites NASA scientists have developed a fast and easy-to-build satellite named FASTSAT that could accelerate the pace of space exploration. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Throttling Back to the Moon Accelerating from 0 to 60, then slowing down for a stop light is no problem for an ordinary automobile. But if you were piloting a rocketship, it wouldn't be so easy. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Tether Origami A Japanese tether of novel construction could unfold new opportunities in space. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Methane Blast NASA-supported scientists and engineers have successfully tested a methane-powered rocket engine. The firing was not only remarkably beautiful but also may herald a new type of spacecraft that one day roams the outer solar system gathering fuel from planets and moons that it visits. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Building a Better Rocket Engine Engineers have found a way to boost the performance of liquid fueled rockets. The secret is in the plumbing. + Read More + Listen to Story + en español

		Candlestick Rocket Ship Forget antimatter and di-lithium crystals. The next hot rocket fuel is candle wax! + Read More + Listen to Story + en español




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	Super Spaceships Imagine a "holistic spaceship" that behaves eerily alive--even telling you when it feels bad; that travels much faster and weighs much less than ordinary spacecraft; that scientists will design molecule-by-molecule. NASA researchers say it's not so far-fetched! + Read More + Listen to Story

	Silicon Sidekicks NASA's successful Sojouner Mars rover had the computing power of a cricket, more or less. Researchers say we'll have to do better than that if we're serious about exploring the solar system. This story describes the emerging new technologies of smart robots that will precede and later accompany human space travelers. + Read More + Listen to Story

	Houston, are we there yet? This month Science@NASA is publishing a series of stories about the technology of space exploration. Today's installment, the second, is about the engines that will propel our future spacecraft. + Read More + Listen to Story

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