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Exploring Venus By Airship: Cool Concept, But Certainly Not New
Venus presents a special challenge to space explorers. Yes, there is a surface, but hellish temperatures and atmospheric pressure on…
Look Out Below! Rosetta Will Give Its Comet A Close Buzz In February
Remember how breathless we felt when the Philae lander actually made it to the surface of its target comet a…
Star Trekking: We Humans Can Beam Tools Into Space Without A Transporter
In the 1960s, we thought the best way of sending stuff between Earth and space was through a transporter. These…
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NASA’s First Orion Crew Module Arrives Safely Back at Kennedy Space Center
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - After a history making journey of more than 66,000 miles through space, ocean splash down…
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Rocket Issues force SpaceX and NASA to Postpone Falcon 9 Rocket Launch to January 2015
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Due to technical problems encountered during a hot fire test of the first stage engines…
Compromises Lead to Climate Change Deal
Earlier this month, delegates from the various states that make up the UN met in Lima, Peru, to agree on…
Holiday Lights So Bright You Can See ’em from Space
Call it holiday light creep. A NASA satellite has been tracking the spread of Christmas lighting from 512 miles up…
Kepler ‘K2’ Finds First Exoplanet, A ‘Super-Earth’, While Surfing Sun’s Pressure Wave For Control
It's alive! NASA's Kepler space telescope had to stop planet-hunting during Earth's northern-hemisphere summer 2013 when a second of its…
Curiosity Mars Rover Stars In Discovery Television Documentary Tonight
For those following all the habitability results from the Curiosity rover lately, here's a special treat -- the Discovery Channel…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket to Attempt Daring Ocean Platform Landing with Next Launch
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - In a key test of rocket reusability, SpaceX will attempt a daring landing of their…