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Opportunity spotted Exploring vast Endeavour Crater from Mars Orbit
[/caption] Opportunity has just been imaged in high resolution at Endeavour crater by a powerful NASA camera orbiting overhead in…
Dramatic 3 D Imagery Showcases Vesta’s Pockmarked, Mountainous and Groovy Terrain
[/caption] Try not to plummet off a steep crater cliff or be buried under a landslide while gazing at the…
Finding NEEMO: NASA’s Underwater Simulations Focus on Human Asteroid Mission
[/caption] The sight of NASA mission specialists performing mission training underwater has been fairly common over the years. On October…
Surf, Sand & Space: The Astronaut Beach House
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Astronauts preparing to launch into space for the better part of the last four decades…
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Rheasilvia – Super Mysterious South Pole Basin at Vesta is Named after Romulus and Remus Roman Mother
http://youtu.be/tYiOOScjPFI Video caption: Rheasilvia Impact Basin and Vesta shape model. This false-color shape model video of the giant asteroid Vesta…
SpaceX to Dock With ISS on Next Flight: NASA Maybe – Russia Nyet
[/caption] It is looking less likely that Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will be allowed to dock the next of its…
Cassini’s Majestic Saturn Moon Quintet
[/caption] Check out this gorgeous new portrait of a Saturnian moon quintet taken by Earths’ emissary - NASA's Cassini Orbiter.…
Dramatic Videos of Station Undocking, Gorgeous Earth Descent and Soyuz Touchdown by Russian American Trio
http://youtu.be/vhOQ1Xz7oOo Video Caption: Soyuz Trio Lands in Kazakhstan - The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Ron Garan and his fellow…
Expedition 28 Soyuz Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
[/caption] The three man Soyuz TMA-21 crew of cosmonauts and astronauts comprising of Commander Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 28 commander Andrey…
Construction Begins on the 1st Space-Bound Orion Crew Module
[/caption] Production of NASA’s first space-bound Orion crew module has at last begun at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in…