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Photos: Readers Share Memories Of NASA’s Final Shuttle Launches

With the three-year anniversary this week of STS-135 -- the final launch of the program -- we invited readers of…

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A New Image of Europa Emerges

Eureka – it's Europa! And a brand-new image of it, too! (Well, kinda sorta.) The picture above, showing the icy moon's…

10 years ago

The Waters Of Mars: New Map Shows Something Unexpected

Where did the water on Mars come from, and where did it go? This plot (sort of) formed the basis…

10 years ago

Watch Out Japan! Super Typhoon Neoguri is ENORMOUS – As Seen from ISS

“Supertyphoon Neoguri is ENORMOUS” says Alexander Gerst, ESA’s German astronaut currently serving aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as he…

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Calling All Space Tweeps! In Honor of STS-135, Share Your Fave Shuttle Pics

Has it been three years already? The last mission of the space shuttle program launched on this day in 2011.…

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Antares Commercial Rocket Cleared for July 11 Space Station Blastoff Following Engine Re-Inspection

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The long delayed liftoff of an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket on a…

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New Horizons Enters ‘Pluto-Space!’ To Celebrate, Here Are Pictures Of The Dwarf Planet

After almost nine years on the road, New Horizons is in what NASA calls "Pluto-space"! Earlier today (July 7), the…

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Ancient Asteroid Impacts Left Serpentine Traces On Vesta: Study

While "dark materials" may leave some of us thinking about a certain Philip Pullman book series, on the asteroid Vesta its…

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