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September 13, 2016

Airborne 09.13.16: Young Eagles' 25th!, Blue Origin Test, Icon Gives Up US Jobs

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The EAA Young Eagles program that started in 1992 to introduce kids to flight has evolved 25 years later into an aviation movement powered by the world’s largest volunteer air force. This year will celebrate its 25th anniversary that began with the flight of the 2 millionth Young Eagle by former Young Eagles Chairman and celebrated actor Harrison Ford at EAA AirVenture this year. Ford, who served as volunteer chairman from 2004-2009 and has flown more than 300 young people himself, returned to Oshkosh to fly 16-year-old Jodie Gawthrop as Young Eagle number 2 million. Jeff Bezos says the next flight of New Shepard is going to be dramatic, no matter how it e

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Speeds Toward Asteroid Rendezvous

Successful Launch Of Asteroid Sample Retrieval Mission

NASA's first asteroid sampling mission launched into space at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, beginning a journey that could revolutionize our understanding of the early solar system.

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Source Of SpaceX Launch Pad Explosion Is Puzzling For The Company

Musk: 'Most Difficult And Complex Failure We Have Had In 14 Years'

SpaceX founder Elon Musk is calling the recent failure of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad "the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years."

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