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Crazy Space Christmases: Moon Readings, Food Cans And Emergency Repairs
If you think the upside-down Christmas tree above is bizarre -- that's one of the latest activities of Expedition 42…
Meet the New Horizons Team in a Live Google+ Hangout
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just woke up from its long nap, and now it's on final approach towards its next…
Opportunity Mars Rover Treks Past 41 Kilometers Towards ‘Marathon Valley’
The Opportunity Mars rover is busy on its wheels as it moves towards "Marathon Valley", a location that could include…
NASA’s Exploration Roadmap to Mars Starts with Flawless Orion Launch and Landing
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s exploration roadmap aimed at sending Humans to Mars in the 2030s got off the…
Pluto Spacecraft Wakes Up For An Exciting Close Encounter Next Year
Pluto, humanity is getting ready to change your image. The New Horizons spacecraft is awake once more after emerging from…
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The Dawn of Orion and the Path Beyond Earth: Spectacular Launch Gallery
Orion’s inaugural launch on Dec. 5, 2014 atop United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Heavy rocket at Space Launch Complex 37…
Titan’s Atmosphere Still Baffles Us A Decade After Huygens Landing
It's almost exactly 10 years ago that humanity parachuted a spacecraft into Titan, that moon of Saturn that could hold…
Japan Successfully Launches Hayabusa 2 Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Japan successfully launched their Hayabusa-2 sample return mission to asteroid 1999 JU3, and JAXA reports the spacecraft is on course…
Watch Asteroids Whiz by the Earth-Moon System This Week as First Steps Toward Asteroid Exploration Leave the Launch Pad
It’s a dangerous universe out there, for a budding young space-faring species. Killer comets, planet sterilizing gamma ray bursts, and…
Jupiter-Bound Spacecraft Takes A Small Step To Seek Habitable Worlds
It takes years of painstaking work to get a spacecraft off the ground. So when you have a spacecraft like…