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Ready For Your Closeup, Ceres? NASA Spacecraft Gets Closer To Dwarf Planet

The next few years will be banner ones for learning about dwarf planets. While the high-profile New Horizons spacecraft zooms…

11 years ago

SpaceX Scores Spectacular Success Scorching Florida Sky with Next Gen Rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - SpaceX scored a spectacular launch success this evening (Dec. 3 ) when the…

11 years ago

Spectacular Liftoff Thrusts China’s First Rover ‘Yutu’ to the Moon

Liftoff of China’s first ever lunar rover on Dec. 2 local Beijing time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.…

11 years ago

India’s First Mars Probe ‘MOM’ Blasts Free of Earth Joining MAVEN in Race to Red Planet

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - India’s first ever Mars probe 'MOM' successfully fired its main engine today (Dec. 1), blasting the…

11 years ago

Mother of All Slingshots Set to Hurl India’s MOM Probe to Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MOM - India’s first ever interplanetary spacecraft - is spending her last day around Mother Earth.…

11 years ago

Is Comet ISON Dead? Astronomers Say It’s Likely After Icarus Sun-Grazing Stunt

Update, 9:55 pm EST: It's a Thanksgiving miracle: apparently it now looks like ISON has actually survived!! Alright we're calling…

11 years ago

This Rover Could Hunt For Lunar Water And Oxygen In 2018

In 2018, NASA plans to go prospecting at the moon's south pole with a rover -- possibly, a version of…

11 years ago

Curiosity Mars Rover Back in Action after Power Glitch

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NASA's car sized Curiosity Mars rover has resumed full science operations and driving following a six…

11 years ago

ISON Watch: A Post-Perihelion Viewing Guide

"ISON Lives!!!" "ISON R.I.P..." Those are just some of the possible headlines that we've wrestled with this week, as Comet…

11 years ago