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Cool ‘Sketchnote’ Infographic Explains NASA’s Orion EFT-1 Flight in Detail
For many of us, it’s easier to comprehend complex processes when they are expressed visually. That was the impetus for…
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…
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Rise of the Mega Rockets: Comparing Heavy Lift Launch Systems
A new generation of space rockets ready to lift new and exciting payloads spaceward is coming to a sky near…
Mars Needs You! Help Scientists Track Spring Thaw On Red Planet
We've been watching Mars with spacecraft for about 50 years, but there's still so little we know about the Red…
Orion’s ‘Glass Cockpit’ Will Steer Astronauts Through The Solar System
If it's good enough for a Boeing 787, it's gotta be good enough for space, right? NASA's Orion spacecraft --…
NASA Premiers New Countdown Clock for Orion’s First Launch
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Just in the nick of time, NASA powered up its new countdown clock at the Press…
Dawn Spacecraft Will Take Pictures Of Its Target Dwarf Planet Today
The year 2015 is going to be a big one for far-off spacecraft. Among them is the long-running Dawn mission,…
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Probing Pluto’s Paltry Atmosphere Using A Solar Eclipse And Spacecraft
Pluto is so far away from us and so tiny that it's hard to glean even basic facts about it.…
Cool NASA Animation Beautifully Details Every Step of Orion’s First Launch!
http://vimeo.com/31799422 Video Caption: Animation details NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) mission launching on Dec. 4. 2014. Credit: NASA It’s…
Delaying Death: Mercury Spacecraft Firing Engines To Stay Up Until 2015
Don't take these spectacular Mercury images (below the jump) for granted. Three weeks ago, NASA's orbiting Mercury spacecraft did an…