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JACOBS: How Congress destroyed the space program

By Joshua Jacobs

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, emerges from the Senate chamber after his overnight crusade railing against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Furloughed Texan Cruz supporters to America: ‘You’ve got to stand up’

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This undated artist rendering released by NASA shows the Deep Impact spacecraft. In 2005, it smashed a comet with a projectile to give scientists a peek of the interior. The spacecraft went on to rendezvous with two more comets. On Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, the space agency declared an end to the mission after failing to regain contact with the spacecraft. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA declares end to Deep Impact comet mission

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An frog is launched through the air as NASA's LADEE spacecraft lifts off from the Wallops/Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. (Image: NASA)

Rogue bullfrog photo-bombs NASA launch pic

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This artist rendering released by NASA shows NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft barreling through space. The space agency announced Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, that Voyager 1 has become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space, or the space between stars, more than three decades after launching from Earth. (AP Photo/NASA)

NASA: Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system

By Alicia Chang - Associated Press

The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer aboard a Minotaur V rocket appears after a rollout at NASA's Wallops Island test flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., Thursday Sept. 5, 2013. The LADEE spacecraft is set to launch from Wallops Island Friday evening. (AP Photo/NASA, Patrick Black)

NASA returns to the moon with robotic explorer launch from Va.

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Elizabeth Robinson

Energy Department nominee struggled with financial management at NASA

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

In this image from video made available by NASA, astronauts discuss the aborted spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. A dangerous water leak in the helmet of Luca Parmitano, bottom center facing camera in white suit, drenched his eyes, nose and mouth, preventing him from hearing or speaking as what should have been a routine spacewalk came to an abrupt end. (AP Photo/NASA)

Helmet water leak aborts spacewalk; astronaut OK

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image shows a simulation of asteroid 2012 DA14 approaching from the south as it passes through the Earth-moon system on Feb. 15, 2013. The 150-foot object passed within 17,000 miles of the Earth. (Associated Press/NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA wants to capture asteroid, with your help

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration: NASA crescent

WALKER: Only NASA can lead us to Mars

By Charlie Walker

'Armageddon,' 1998 (Image: Walt Disney Studios)

Asteroid fly-by on Friday sparks debate over readiness for ‘Armageddon’-style event

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This image released by NASA on Monday, May 20, 2013, shows a hole in a Martian rock drilled by the NASA rover Curiosity on May 19. It’s the second drilling by the spacecraft since landing in August 2012. Curiosity used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover's arm to capture this view of the hole in the rock, dubbed "Cumberland." The diameter of the hole is about 0.6 inch (1.6 centimeters), the depth about 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters). In the coming days, Curiosity will transfer the rock powder to its onboard instruments to analyze the chemical makeup. (Associated Press/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Experts cast doubt on Mars mission plans

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

Astronaut Chris Hadfield recording the first music video from space Sunday May 12, 2013. The song was his cover version of David Bowie's Space Oddity. (AP Photo/NASA, Chris Hadfield)

Astronaut covers David Bowie classic ‘Space Oddity’ … from International Space Station

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

** FILE ** The International Space Station is photographed by a thermal imaging camera aboard the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft as it approaches the station on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/NASA)

International Space Station springs a leak

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft backs away from the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm early on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, for its return to Earth. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific Ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja California later in the morning. (AP Photo/NASA)

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship leaves space station

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer

By LORI HINNANT and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Amazon CEO recovers Apollo engines from Atlantic

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

An expedition led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pulled up two rocket engines, including this one, that helped boost Apollo astronauts to the moon. Bezos and NASA announced the recovery on Wednesday, March 19, 2013. The sunken engines were part of the Saturn V rocket used to bring astronauts to the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. (AP Photo/Bezos Expeditions)

Apollo-era rocket engines pulled from the Atlantic thanks to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos

By Alicia Change - Associated Press

NASA far from deadline to track close objects

By Joshua Eferighe THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times