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If You Mine An Asteroid, Who Does The Property Belong To?

There have been several proposals in recent months to visit asteroids -- NASA is talking about sending astronauts to an…

10 years ago

NASA’s First Space-Tweeting Astronaut And ‘Big Bang Theory’ Guest Flies To A New Position

The first astronaut who tweeted from space is leaving NASA, the agency announced yesterday. Mike Massimino (best known to his…

10 years ago

Scientists Discover 101 Geysers Erupting at Saturn’s Intriguing Icy Moon Enceladus

Scientists analyzing the reams of data from NASA’s Cassini orbiter at Saturn have discovered 101 geysers erupting from the intriguing…

10 years ago

Book Review: Neil Armstrong – A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree

“Neil Armstrong - A Life of Flight” is a thoroughly enjoyable new biography about the first human to set foot…

10 years ago

NASA Spacecraft Is Now Buzzing Mercury 62 Miles Above The Surface

Look out below! NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is at its lowest altitude of any spacecraft above Mercury, and over the next…

10 years ago

A Whole New World: How NASA Helps You 3-D Print The Universe

How would it feel like to hold an asteroid or spacecraft in your hands? NASA is giving you that chance…

10 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope’s Giant Sunshield Test Unit Unfurled First Time

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD - The huge Sunshield test unit for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been…

10 years ago

NASA Preps for Nail-biting Comet Flyby of Mars

As Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring inches closer to the Red Planet, NASA's taking steps to protect its fleet of orbiting…

10 years ago

To Help Mars Rovers Phone Home, NASA Asks For Ideas To Close Looming Communications Gap

Remember during the government shutdown when it looked as though a NASA Mars mission would be delayed? Launch preparations continued…

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