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Curiosity Mars Rover Nears First Study Site of Active Sand Dunes Beyond Earth
NASA’s Curiosity rover is on the Martian road to soon start the first ever study of currently active sand dunes…
ULA Skips Competitive Bid for Air Force GPS Launch Contract, Door Opens to SpaceX
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has decided to skip the bidding competition for launch of the next generation U.S. Air Force…
Spectacular Breakup of WT1190F Seen by Airborne Astronomers
Clouds hampered observations from the ground in Sri Lanka during the re-entry of WT1190F overnight, but a team of astronomers captured…
Possible Ice Volcanoes Discovered on Pluto
Ice Volcanoes on Pluto? The informally named feature Wright Mons, located south of Sputnik Planum on Pluto, is an unusual…
Opportunity Rover Driving Between ‘Lily Pads’ in Search of Martian Sun and Science
Just shy of an unfathomable 4200 Sols traversing ravishing alien terrain on the Red Planet, the longest living ‘Martian’ -…
NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Discovers Solar Wind Stripped Away Mars Atmosphere Causing Radical Transformation
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter mission has determined that ancient Mars suffered drastic climate change and lost…
Ion Propulsion: The Key to Deep Space Exploration
When we think of space travel, we tend to picture a massive rocket blasting off from Earth, with huge blast…
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International Space Station Achieves 15 Years of Continuous Human Presence in Orbit
The International Space Station (ISS) achieved 15 years of a continuous human presence in orbit, as of today, Nov. 2,…
Artificial Object in Trans-lunar Orbit to Impact Earth on November 13
Get ready for a man-made fireball. A object discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on Oct 3rd temporarily designated WT1190F is…
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One Year after Antares Failure, Orbital ATK Revamps Rocket for 2016 ‘Return to Flight’
One year after the catastrophic launch failure of Orbital ATK’s private Antares rocket seconds after liftoff with the Cygnus cargo…