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Astronaut Bill Pogue, Dead At 84, Took Part In Longest Manned Mission Of His Time

As the International Space Station prepares to host its first one-year visit next year, it's worth remembering that NASA didn't…

11 years ago

SOFIA Snapshots: Jupiter And Starbirth Among Achievements For Observatory Facing Sidelines

Just weeks after becoming fully operational, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is facing storage in 2015. The airborne observatory…

11 years ago

BUDGET 2015: Ukraine Crisis Not Disrupting Russian Soyuz Flights, NASA Admin Says

Astronauts are expected to leave the International Space Station on schedule next week, and training continues on the ground, despite…

11 years ago

China’s Yutu Moon Rover Unable to Properly Maneuver Solar Panels

This time-lapse color panorama from China’s Chang’e-3 lander shows the Yutu rover at two different positions during its trek over…

11 years ago

Relive Apollo 9’s Moon Lander Test 45 Years Ago Through Incredible NASA Images

Hard to believe the decades fly by so fast. It was 45 years ago today that the crew of Apollo…

11 years ago

Neil Armstrong’s Name Now Graces A NASA Research Center In California

Neil Armstrong -- the first man on the moon, who died in 2012 -- will now be the namesake of…

11 years ago

Curiosity Rover pauses mid-drive and captures Spectacular Martian Mountain Snapshot

Mars rock rows and Spectacular Mount Sharp Martian landscape scene with rows of striated rocks in the foreground and spectacular…

11 years ago

NEOWISE Spots a “Weirdo” Comet

NASA's NEOWISE mission -- formerly known as just WISE -- has identified the first comet of its new near-Earth object…

11 years ago