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China completes 2nd Docking to Space Lab and sets Path to Manned flights in 2012
[/caption] Chinese space prowess took another major leap forward today (Nov. 14) when the unmanned Shenzhou-8 capsule successfully re-docked with…
Soyuz Launches to Station amid Swirling Snowy Spectacular
[/caption] The future survival and fate of the International Space Station was on the line and is now firmly back…
Mars in a Minute: Is Mars Really Red?
A new video created by NASA's Solar System Exploration Division answers one of the most frequently asked questions about our…
Soyuz Poised for High Stakes November 13 Blastoff – Space Stations Fate Hinges on Success
[/caption] The stakes could not be higher for the Russian Soyuz rocket now poised at the launch pad at Baikonur…
Was a Fifth Giant Planet Expelled from Our Solar System?
[/caption] Earth's place in the "Goldilocks" zone of our solar system may be the result of the expulsion of a…
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Russians Race against Time to Save Ambitious Phobos-Grunt Mars Probe from Earthly Demise
[/caption] Teams of Russian engineers are in a race against time to save the ambitious and unprecedented Phobos-Grunt sample return…
Russia’s Bold Sample Return Mission to Mars and Phobos Blasts Off
Russia has successfully launched the Phobos-Grunt sample return mission to Mars aiming to return a soil sample from Phobos, the…
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Russian Mars Moon Sample Probe Poised to Soar atop Upgraded Rocket – Video
[/caption] After an absence of almost two decades, Russia is at last on the cusp of resuming an ambitious agenda…
Awesome Action Animation Depicts Russia’s Bold Robot Retriever to Mars moon Phobos
[/caption] In less than 48 hours, Russia’s bold Phobos-Grunt mechanized probe will embark on a historic flight to haul humanities…
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Curiosity Rover Bolted to Atlas Rocket – In Search of Martian Microbial Habitats
[/caption] Only time now stands in the way of Curiosity’s long awaited date with the Red Planet. NASA’s next, and…