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The SpaceX rockets
The SpaceX project's rocket launch was aborted in last half-second before liftoff because of an engine problem.
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Ten big ideas for 2012
Andrew Stone surveys some of the more remarkable trends and breakthroughs which may - or may not - come to pass next year
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The final space shuttle launch
Around 1 million people gathered in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to witness the launch of Atlantis on Nasa's final space shuttle voyage of the 30-year progam.
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Florida: Back to Earth
Estelle Sarney visited Cape Canaveral as the Endeavour was being prepared for its last flight.