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New Image of Rosetta’s Comet Reveals So Much More
WOW! We're really getting to the good stuff now! This is no computer-generated shape model, this is the real deal:…
Venus Express Survives Close Encounter With Hellish Atmosphere
It was a daring maneuver, but the plan to put Venus Express lower in the planet's thick atmosphere has worked.…
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James Webb Space Telescope’s Giant Sunshield Test Unit Unfurled First Time
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD - The huge Sunshield test unit for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been…
Once Upon a Time There Was a Spacecraft Called Rosetta…
…and that time is now! ESA's Rosetta spacecraft is just over a mere two weeks away from its arrival at…
Cargo Ship’s Fiery Demise Could Help Predict What Happens When The Space Station Burns Up
It's sad to think about, but there will be a day sometime when the International Space Station makes its final…
Rosetta’s Comet Looks Like A Kidney Flying Through Space
Up for a little abstract art, anyone? The latest images of the nucleus of Rosetta's comet makes it look like…
Mars ‘Sky Crane’ Revisited? Rover Prototype Drops To Ground Safely In European Tests
How do you land a machine on the Red Planet? Appears that the answer keeps changing as engineers get smarter…
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Spectacular Southern Lights, Shooting Stars, Sahara Snapshots and more from ESA’s Alexander Gerst aboard ISS
Spectacular snapshots of the Southern Lights, Shooting Stars, the Sahara Desert and much more are streaming back from space to…
Rosetta Watches Comet 67P Tumbling Through Space
This is really getting exciting! ESA's Rosetta spacecraft (and the piggybacked Philae lander) are in the home stretch to arrive at Comet…
How Big is Rosetta’s Comet?
Pretty darn big, I'd say. The illustration above shows the relative scale of the comet that ESA's Rosetta and Philae…