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Main Page - SolarSailWiki. National Geographic. October 17, 2012 They're calling it the planet next door, but even our fastest craft would take 40,000 years to reach this Earth-size neighbor. October 16, 2012 Step aside Tatooine. A newfound planet known as PH1 has not two but four suns, scientists announced this week. October 15, 2012 Solar wind sparked creation of lunar water, a new study says—a whole new explanation for water in the inner solar system. October 14, 2012 "I'm coming home," Felix Baumgartner radioed from 24 miles up Sunday, just before falling farther and faster than any human on record.

Watch right here as Felix Baumgartner attempts to break the sound barrier—65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager did the same in a plane. October 12, 2012 As Endeavour hits L.A. streets Friday, zoomable, ultrahigh-resolution pictures offer a last spin around the flight deck, button by button. October 11, 2012 The universe just got a bit richer with the discovery of a diamond-rich exoplanet orbiting a nearby star, a new study says. October 8, 2012. Home. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - SpaceX. Space.