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Flawless Maiden Launch for Europe’s New Vega Rocket
[/caption] Europe scored a major space success with today’s (Feb. 13) flawless maiden launch of the brand new Vega rocket…
Far Above the World
[/caption] 28 years ago today, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless left the relative safety of Challenger's payload bay and went untethered…
New Computer Simulations Show Earth’s Spaghetti-Like Magnetosphere
[/caption] A new computer simulation is showing Earth's magnetosphere in amazing detail - and it looks a lot like a…
Can you See the Pyramids from Space?
[/caption] Astronaut Nicole Stott posted this image on her Twitter account. If you can spot the Great Pyramids at Giza…
ISS Night Flight in “Real Time”
We've featured wonderful time-lapse videos taken from the Space Station many times and each one is amazing to watch, but…
Super Bowl Cities Seen From Space
[/caption] If you live in or are from the US, you probably know that today is Super Bowl Sunday. Whatever…
Cities at Night Panorama of Millions of US East Coast Earthlings
[/caption] Do you live here? Tens of millions of Earthlings live and work in the bustling and seemingly intertwined American…
How Plants May Have Helped Create Earth’s Unique Landscapes
[/caption] According to conventional thinking, plant life first took hold on Earth after oceans and rivers formed; the soil produced…
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SpaceX Test Fires SuperDraco Abort Engines Critical To Astronaut Launch Safety
[/caption] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has test fired a prototype of its new SuperDraco engine that will be critical to…
NASA’s Blue Marble…Side B.
[/caption] In response to last week's incredibly popular "Blue Marble" image, NASA and NOAA have released a companion version, this…