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An experimental reusable spacecraft launched into orbit two days ago by China has successfully returned to a designated site on Sunday, marking a breakthrough that could lead to cheaper round-trips to space, the official Xinhua reported. The mission had been kept low-key, and state media had yet to publish photographs or video footage of both the launch and landing of the spacecraft. No details were â–  given on the technologies that had been tested

The U.S. Senate recently passed a NASA Transition Act of 2017 to cut the agency’s funding for global warming "research" and get back to focusing upon space exploration priorities NASA was originally created to pursue. The bill will very likely be passed the in the House and signed into law by the president. Senior Trump campaign advisor and former Republican Rep. Bob Walker told the Guardian that there is no need for NASA to do what he previously described to be “politically correct environmental monitoring." Instead, "We see NASA in an exploration role in deep space research . . ....

Kerry Toured Shuttle That Supplies Space Station—He Voted Against 1991: Kerry Voted To "Reduce Funding For The Space Station From $2 Billion To $100 Million," And Transfer Funds To Other Programs. (H.R. 2519, CQ Vote #132: Rejected 35-64: R 3-40; D 32-24, 7/17/91, Kerry Voted Yea)1992: Kerry Voted To Terminate Space Station "Freedom" Project. (H.R. 5679, CQ Vote #194: Rejected 34-63: R 4-39; D 30-24, 9/9/92, Kerry Voted Yea)1993: Kerry Voted "To Terminate The Space Station Program."(H.R. 2491, CQ Vote #272: Motion Agreed To 59-40: R 36-8; D 23-32, 9/21/93, Kerry Voted Nay)1993: Kerry Voted To Terminate Space Station Program And...

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