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China’s Yutu Moon Rover Alive and Awake for 3rd Lunar Day of Exploration despite Malfunction
Yutu Lives! The little ‘rabbit’ beloved worldwide has now phoned home and actually survived the perils of the long lunar…
What Is NASA For? Space Enthusiasts Fight For Agency’s Reputation On Twitter
A week ago today, Slate published an article asking "What Is NASA for?" After the author opened the article comparing…
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Space Station to Get a ‘Laser Cannon’
What’s a space station without a laser cannon? The International Space Station will be getting its very own laser at…
Time for Earth to bid China’s Yutu Moon Rover Farewell ?
Farewell Yutu - artistic impression of Earthrise over Yutu at lunar landing site. This composite timelapse photomosaic combines farewell view…
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Science Instruments Perfect as NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Speeds to Red Planet
NASA’s newest Mars orbiter, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe passed a significant interplanetary milestone with the announcement…
Google Subsidiary To Negotiate For Giant Eight-Acre NASA California Facility, Hangar One
Back in late 2011, three Google executives reportedly approached NASA because they knew the agency was facing a problem. NASA…
Saturn’s Ring Shows A Twist In Cassini’s Glimpse Of Planet
What's up with this distortion? This picture from the Cassini spacecraft shows some kind of twist happening in the F…
Awaiting Yutu’s Phone Home on Lunar Day 3
Will Yutu Phone Home ? This composite view shows China’s Yutu rover heading south and away forever from the Chang’e-3…
Are These Water Flows On Mars? Quite Possibly, New Observations Reveal
What a tangled web of water and water ice stories on Mars. There's likely some underground. There's definitely some at…