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Rosetta Captures Breathtaking Comet Views Advancing Landing Site Selection
The Rosetta spacecraft is capturing ever more breathtaking views of its target comet that are significantly advancing landing site selection…
MAVEN Mars Orbiter Ideally Poised to Uniquely Map Comet Siding Spring Composition – Exclusive Interview with Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky
MAVEN to conduct up close observations of Comet Siding Spring during Oct. 2014 MAVEN is NASA’s next Mars Orbiter and…
Space Station’s Robonaut 2 Is Getting More Astronaut-Like By The Day
NASA's large space station robot now has legs and a plan to (eventually) head outside to do spacewalks, to replace…
Spotted: Asteroids ‘Smashing Themselves To Smithereens’ 1,200 Light-Years Away
When a crop of dust spread forth from the star NGC 2547-1D8 during 2012 observations, scientists quickly sprang into action.…
Memory Problems On Mars Will Force Opportunity Rover Reformat From Earth
NASA's Opportunity rover, which has been roaming Mars for more than 10 Earth years, requires a flash memory reformat to…
Here’s Your Chance To Send A Message To An Asteroid
What's your vision for solar system exploration? And how cool would it be to send it literally into the solar…
Hunting for “Minimoons” Orbiting Earth
It’s an engaging thought experiment. What if Earth had multiple moons? Our world has one large natural satellite, just over…
Rosetta Now Up Close to Comet 67P – Snapping Mapping Mosaics for Momentous Philae Landing
Four-image photo mosaic comprising images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on 31 August 2014 from a distance of 61 km…
25 Days from Mars – India’s MOM is in Good Health!
Now less than 25 days from her history making rendezvous with the Red Planet and the critical Mars Orbital Insertion…
Caterpillar Comet Poses for Pictures En Route to Mars
Now that's pure gorgeous. As Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring sidles towards its October 19th encounter with Mars, it's passing a trio of sumptuous…