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LADEE Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit on Oct. 6 Amidst Government Shutdown
NASA’s LADEE lunar orbiter will fire its main engine on Oct. 6 to enter lunar orbit in the midst of…
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Curiosity Discovers Patch of Pebbles Formed by Flowing Martian Water on Mount Sharp Trek
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered a new patch of pebbles formed and rounded eons ago by flowing liquid water on…
Q & A with Homer Hickam: Rocket Boys and Science Experiments Gone Wrong
Homer Hickam -- you probably know the name from “October Sky,” the movie based on his memoir, “Rocket Boys.” But…
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Curiosity Rolls into Intriguing ‘Darwin’ at ‘Waypoint 1’ on Long Trek to Mount Sharp
Curiosity’s views a rock outcrop at ‘Darwin’ after arriving for a short stay at ‘Waypoint 1’ on Sept 12 (Sol…
NASA Science Probe Blazes Spectacular Trail to the Moon from Virginia
This magnificent view of NASA’s LADEE lunar orbiter launched on Friday night Sept 6, on the maiden flight of the…
Historic Sept. 6 Virginia Moon Shot Heralds Revolutionary New Paradigm for Fundamental Science Query- NASA Director Interview
In an exclusive new interview with Universe Today, NASA’s Ames Research Center Director Pete Worden was “very excited” to discuss…
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Are We Martians? Chemist’s New Claim Sparks Debate
Are Earthlings really Martians ? Did life arise on Mars first and then journey on rocks to our planet and…
NASA’s LADEE Lunar Probe Set for Spectacular Science and September Night Launch – Visible to Millions and Millions
LADEE Minotaur V Launch - Maximum Elevation Map The LADEE nighttime launch will be visible to millions of spectators across…
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Haiku for Mars: Winners Selected for MAVEN Mission
Fans of Mars and spaceflight waxed poetic as the haiku selected to travel to Mars aboard the MAVEN spacecraft were…
Student Science Thunders to Space from NASA Wallops
A Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital rocket carrying experiments developed by university students nationwide in the RockSat-X program was successfully launched at…