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Celebrating the Spirit Rover
Last week scientists, engineers and others who work on the Mars Exploration Rover mission paid tribute to the Spirit rover…
Mars Science Lab Rover Will Land in Gale Crater
[/caption] It's official: the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will be landing Gale Crater on Mars. Scientists announced the final…
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Hoping Forward At The End Of The Shuttle Era
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- The last space shuttle mission, STS-135, ended with the landing of the shuttle Atlantis at…
ULA Inks Deal With NASA To Study Man-Rating Atlas V
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- NASA is looking for a few good rockets – that's right, plural. While it continues…
One on One with SpaceX’s Garrett Reisman
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – Garrett Reisman knows a thing or two about what it takes to send astronauts to…
Dawn Exceeds Wildest Expectations as First Ever Spacecraft to Orbit a Protoplanet – Vesta
[/caption] NASA’s super exciting Dawn mission to the Asteroid Belt marked a major milestone in human history by becoming the…
ULA Delta IV Thunders Off Pad With GPS IIF-2 Satellite
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The U.S. Air Force launched the GPS IIF-2 satellite into orbit Saturday (July 16) on…
Measuring Mercury’s Craters
[/caption] Getting to know a planet well is getting to know its surface features. Through measuring impact craters, planetary scientists…
Looming Larger: Dawn Approaches Vesta, Enters Orbit July 15-16
[/caption] As we anticipate the Dawn spacecraft going into orbit of Vesta within the next 36 hours, here's the latest…
Return of the Capsule
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – As Florida’s Space Coast braces for the end of the shuttle program this month, signs…