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NASA’s Nanosail-D Released into the Winds of Space
[/caption]Despite being an idea rattling around inside the head of engineers and space enthusiasts for over 40 years, solar sails…
Mars Rover Tracks Erased From Existence
[/caption] The footprints and rover tracks on the Moon will be there for millions of years, as there is no…
SOFIA Telescope Makes First Science Flight
[/caption] SOFIA, NASA's airplane-based Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy made its first science flight on Wednesday, to help demonstrate the…
The Fall and Rise of ‘X’
[/caption] They are at the very edge of current U.S. technological capabilities; one is a supposedly mothballed technology test-bed, the…
Delta IV Heavy Roars Off Launch Pad on Secret NRO Mission
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL — United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
Fizzy Comet Hartley 2 is Throwing Snowballs
[/caption] As Jessica Sunshine said, Comet Hartley 2 might be the smallest of the five comets that our spacecraft have…
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Flawless Launch of STP-S26
[/caption] While the U.S. Air Force unsuccessfully tried to get a Delta IV off the ground in Florida – things…
Launch of Delta IV Delayed; Shuttle Launch Options Weighed
[/caption] Those waiting for a launch from Florida’s Space Coast will have to wait a little more. The liftoff of…
Rover Teams Keeping Spirits Up on Fate of Frozen Mars Rover
[/caption] The hibernating Spirit rover hasn’t communicated with Earth since March 22 of this year, and while everyone hopes for…
WISE Captures a Glowing Cylinder in Space
[/caption] It’s not like we’ve never seen the planetary nebula NGC 1514 before, but we’ve never seen it though WISE’s…