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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Completes Vertical Landing in a Spaceflight First

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Completes Vertical Landing in a Spaceflight First

A remodeled version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests on its pad as it is prepared for launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the launcher’s first

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SpaceX Lands Flacon 9 Rocket Upright After Launch

SpaceX Lands Flacon 9 Rocket Upright After Launch

The company has tried twice before to land a rocket, without success (see “SpaceX Claims Partial Success with Rocket Crash Landing”). The first stage rockets involved in propulsion of the

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Get over the Lexus Slide, this hoverboard actually flies

Get over the Lexus Slide, this hoverboard actually flies

There has been a sudden uptick in hoverboard related announcements among several companies, the ARCA Space Corporation and Lexus included, as it appears that these announcements draw lots of fanfare

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SpaceX delays launch and landing test of Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX delays launch and landing test of Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX has come close to landing a rocket but has never actually pulled the feat off. Blue Origin, founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, stuck a landing last month but

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Pokemon-infused Wii U controller will reach the United States in March

Pokemon-infused Wii U controller will reach the United States in March

The special dedicated controller for “Pokken Tournament” looks to provide players with an authentic arcade experience through the use of the controller. This new controller is for the upcoming Wii

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Xiaomi Mi 5 Leaked Again in Real Pictures!

Xiaomi Mi 5 Leaked Again in Real Pictures!

Even though the smartphone hasn’t been officially announced yet, a few new renders of the Mi5 have just leaked online (via Gadgetzarena). Today, the renders of the so-called Xiaomi Mi5

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Volume PS Vita Release Date Announced

Volume PS Vita Release Date Announced

The stealth-action game was released for PlayStation 4 and PC back in August, but had been delayed due to development “roadblocks”.

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Faulty tool halts Nasa Mars mission

Faulty tool halts Nasa Mars mission

In what could be described as a big impediment to future Mars exploration, NASA its suspending its intended March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and

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Super Strong and Lightweight Metal May Build the Spacecraft of the Future

Super Strong and Lightweight Metal May Build the Spacecraft of the Future

Material scientists at UCLA have combined magnesium and ceramic silicon carbide nanoparticles to form a new metal that could change the way cars, airplanes, and spacecrafts are built, a study

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Google plan rich in local content

Google plan rich in local content

“The reason we are doing it is that in India when you bring access to the internet it changes the lives of people”, Pichai said. At the event, Sundar announced

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NASA cancels next Mars probe due to instrument leak

NASA cancels next Mars probe due to instrument leak

NASA has suspended its next mission to Mars, initially scheduled for March 2016, because of a fault detected in a key research instrument. During testing on Monday in extreme cold

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NASA calls off InSight mission to Mars

NASA calls off InSight mission to Mars

Grunsfeld said a decision on a path forward for the interior exploration using seismic investigations geodesy and heat transport (InSight) mission will be made “in the coming months”.

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