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Curiosity Mars Rover Nears First Study Site of Active Sand Dunes Beyond Earth
NASA’s Curiosity rover is on the Martian road to soon start the first ever study of currently active sand dunes…
New Dwarf Planet is Most Distant Object Yet Observed in our Solar System
It has been estimated that there may be hundreds of dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud of…
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Cygnus Freighter Fueled and Loaded to Resume American Cargo Launches to Space Station
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The largest and most advanced version of the privately developed Cygnus cargo freighter ever built…
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Sweet Sights for November Nights
Clear night ahead? Let's see what's up. We'll start close to home with the Moon, zoom out to lonely Fomalhaut 25 light…
NASA and Space Station Astronauts Salute Americas Veterans This Veteran’s Day
The entire NASA family on Earth and NASA’s two astronauts serving aboard the Earth orbiting International Space Station (ISS) salute…
MESSENGER Spies a Meteor Shower… on Mercury
Leonid meteor storms. Taurid meteor swarms. Earth is no stranger to meteor showers, that’s for sure. Now, it turns out…
Opportunity Rover Driving Between ‘Lily Pads’ in Search of Martian Sun and Science
Just shy of an unfathomable 4200 Sols traversing ravishing alien terrain on the Red Planet, the longest living ‘Martian’ -…
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International Space Station Achieves 15 Years of Continuous Human Presence in Orbit
The International Space Station (ISS) achieved 15 years of a continuous human presence in orbit, as of today, Nov. 2,…
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One Year after Antares Failure, Orbital ATK Revamps Rocket for 2016 ‘Return to Flight’
One year after the catastrophic launch failure of Orbital ATK’s private Antares rocket seconds after liftoff with the Cygnus cargo…
Dawn Starts Steep Descent to Most Dazzling Orbit of Ceres
The most dazzling views ever seen of dwarf planet Ceres and its mysterious bright spots are what’s on tap by…