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Rosetta Orbiter Approved for Extended Mission and Bold Comet Landing
Rosetta will attempt comet landing This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 15 June…
NASA’S New Horizon’s Hangout: Countdown to Pluto!
Check out our own Fraser Cain and the scientists from the New Horizon team as they discuss the imminent arrival…
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First Interplanetary CubeSats to Launch on NASA’s 2016 InSight Mars Lander
NASA's two small MarCO CubeSats will be flying past Mars in 2016 just as NASA's next Mars lander, InSight, is…
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Record Setting Italian Female Astronaut and ISS Crewmates Land in Sunny Kazakhstan
An international crew comprising a Russian cosmonaut, a US astronaut and an Italian astronaut who accomplished a record setting flight…
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Longest Woman Spaceflyer to Return as Russia Reshuffles Station Launches After Rocket Failure
The longest space mission in history by a female astronaut is now set to conclude on Thursday, following Russia’s confirmation…
Dawn Does Dramatic Fly Over of Ceres, Enters Lower Mapping Orbit: Video
https://youtu.be/uSaLVAl-ObY Video caption: This new video animation of Ceres was created from images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft at altitudes…
Chaos Reigns At Pluto’s Moons
Simulation of Pluto's moon Nix sped up so that one orbit takes 2 seconds instead of 25 days. Wobbling and…
Returning the “Silent Sentinel” to Active Duty
Situated on the south shore of New Jersey’s Shark River lies 37 acres of land known as Camp Evans. On…
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NASA’s Journey to Mars Ramps Up with InSight, Key Tests Pave Path to 2016 Lander Launch
NASA’s ‘Journey to Mars’ is ramping up significantly with ‘InSight’ - as the agency’s next Red Planet lander has now…