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Happy Easter Sunday from the ISS ! Crew Hunts Easter Eggs & Goodies
ISS Commander Chris Hadfield plans surprise Easter egg hunt for station crew today - Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. Credit:…
Weird Cloud ‘Coils’ Captured by Earth-Observing Satellite
These are some of the strangest looking clouds I've seen from the fleet of Earth-observing satellites. These coil-like or bow-wave-shaped…
NASA’s Operation IceBridge Surveys Greenland and Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets
NASA's Operation IceBridge has begun the 2013 research season of Ice Science flights in Greenland and the Arctic to survey…
NASA’s KaBOOM Experimental Asteroid Radar Aims to Thwart Earth’s Kaboom
Over the past month, about a half dozen rather large asteroids have careened nearby our home planet and in one…
Russian Asteroid Explosion and Past Impactors Paint a Potentially Grim Future for Earth
The recent meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk brought to the forefront a topic that has worried astronomers for years, namely that an impactor…
‘First Light’ Image for Telescope on the International Space Station
As we reported in January, a new telescope was installed on the International Space Station – not to observe the…
It’s Earth Madness! Vote for Your Favorite Images of Our Home Planet
NASA's Earth Observatory website has decided to join in on the bracketology fever that overtakes many US citizens during the…
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Berth of a Dragon after Thruster Failure Recovery Establishes American Lifeline to ISS
Kennedy Space Center - After overcoming a frightening thruster failure that could have spelled rapid doom on the heels of…
Surprising Third Radiation Belt Found Around Earth
In September of 2012, scientists with the newly launched Van Allen Probes got permission to turn on one of their…
As Seen From Space: Mt. Etna Boils Over
Italy's Mount Etna has turned on again, spewing lava and gas in its first big eruption in 2013. The volcano…