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Smack! A New Crater Appears on the Moon/ Yutu Rover Update
Where there's smoke, there's fire, or in this instance, a new hole in the moon. NASA's Lunar Impact Monitoring Program recorded the…
How to See Spectacular Prime Time Night Launch of Antares Commercial Rocket to ISS on Dec. 19
Antares Launch – Maximum Elevation Map The Antares nighttime launch will be visible to millions of spectators across a wide…
Oh, the Places We’ve Been: 21 Spacecraft Trajectories Plotted in One Picture
Want to know the orbital paths where different spacecraft have traveled and where they are now? A great new infographic…
Chinese rover & lander beam back Portraits with China’s Flag shining on Moon’s Surface
Yutu rover emblazoned with Chinese Flag as seen by the Chang'e-3 lander on the moon on Dec. 15, 2013. Notice…
China Scores Historic Success as Chang’e-3 Rover Lands on the Moon Today
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2013 shows a picture of the moon surface taken by the on-board camera of lunar…
China’s Chang’e-3 Moon Rover Descends to Lower Orbit Sets Up Historic Soft Landing
All systems appear to be “GO” for the world’s first attempt to soft land a space probe on the Moon…
IRIS Glimpses an Elusive Region of the Sun
An innovative solar observatory is adding a key piece to the puzzle of the enigma that is our Sun. Its…
Is There Martian Salty Water At The Red Planet’s Equator? These Lines May Be The Smoking Gun
Get ready, because here are some more findings about possible water on Mars. This picture above from the Mars Reconnaissance…
Mars One Proposes First Privately Funded Robotic Mars Missions – 2018 Lander & Orbiter
The Mars One non-profit foundation that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet in the mid-2020’s…
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Curiosity Discovers Ancient Mars Lake Could Support Life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered evidence that an ancient Martian lake had the right chemical ingredients that could have sustained…