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Phobos-Grunt: The Mission Poster
[/caption] Russia is marking the upcoming blastoff of their dauntingly complex Phobos-Grunt sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos…
America vs. Astronaut: The Case of the Lifted Lunar Camera
[/caption] Imagine you're an astronaut. You have what it takes to be selected to fly a mission to the Moon.…
NASA to Test New Solar Sail Technology
[/caption] Solar sails, much like anti-matter and ion engines appear at first glance to only exist in science fiction. Many…
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Daring Russian Sample Return mission to Martian Moon Phobos aims for November Liftoff
[/caption] In just over 3 weeks' time, Russia plans to launch a bold mission to Mars whose objective, if successful…
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Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser to Conduct Drop Test Next Summer
[/caption] It looks as though the efforts to get commercial space taxis off the ground – is succeeding. Sierra Nevada…
NASA to Test Laser Communications System
[/caption]Quite often, communication rates with remote spacecraft have been a limiting factor when exploring our solar system. For example, it…
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Bolden Visits Kennedy Space Center, Talks SLS and the Future
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden stopped by Kennedy Space Center in Florida to tour NASA’s Mobile…
Amazing New View of the Mt. Everest of Vesta
[/caption] NASA has just released an amazing new view of the mysterious south pole of Vesta that offers an oblique…
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Book Review: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane
[/caption] The space shuttle program is over. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to…
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Behind the Scenes: Curiosity’s Rocket Prepared at Vertical Integration Facility
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- One of the more dramatic buildings operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA) at Kennedy Space…