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Gerbils, mice perish as Russian spacecraft returns to Earth
A menagarie of animals launched to space last month has arrived back on Earth -- with a few casualties for…
Hadfield’s Return to Earth: ‘I’m Still Learning How To Walk Again’
Astronaut Chris Hadfield described himself as a man who never looks back. Still, he spoke fondly of his five months…
Tiny Bubbles: Star Trek Gets An Atomic Look
Add IBM to the list of entities eagerly counting down to Star Trek: Into Darkness, the next installment of the…
There’s No Crying in Space
No tears in heaven? Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield shows that while you really can cry in space, tears don't…
How To Crowdsource Astronomy Without People Messing It Up
Maybe it's because Jurassic Park is in theaters again, but we at Universe Today sometimes worry about how one person…
Curiosity Discovers Environment Where Life Could have Thrived on Ancient Mars
After analyzing the first powder ever drilled from the interior of a Martian rock, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered some of…
NASA’s KaBOOM Experimental Asteroid Radar Aims to Thwart Earth’s Kaboom
Over the past month, about a half dozen rather large asteroids have careened nearby our home planet and in one…
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Berth of a Dragon after Thruster Failure Recovery Establishes American Lifeline to ISS
Kennedy Space Center - After overcoming a frightening thruster failure that could have spelled rapid doom on the heels of…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Eats 1st Sample of Gray Rocky Powder
NASA’s Curiosity rover has eaten the 1st ever samples of gray rocky powder cored from the interior of a Martian…
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Curiosity Hammers into Mars Rock in Historic Feat
Image caption: Before and after comparison of Curiosity’s 1st ever drill test into Martian rock. Drill bit penetrated several mm…