Space Exploration Technologies
SpaceX’s Rocket Explained So Simply A Kid Could Understand
Rocket science is difficult stuff, but we don't always necessarily have to explain it that way. It's important at times…
Mars One Readies For Robotic Red Planet Mission In 2018
While the world's attention last year was focused on Mars One's audacious plan to send people on a one-way trip…
Memory-Addled Mars Rover Climbs High Above The Red Planet’s Plain
As the Opportunity rover struggles with ongoing problems to its Flash memory, the plucky Martian machine -- almost at its…
How NASA Is Saving Fuel On Its Outer Solar System Missions
While Saturn is far away from us, scientists have just found a way to make the journey there easier. A…
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SpaceX Launch and Historic Landing Attempt Reset to Jan. 10
The oft delayed launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the CRS-5 cargo resupply mission for NASA to the…
Robots Exploring Alien Volcanoes? NASA Lab Hopes To Get There One Day
We've seen volcanoes or geysers erupting on the moons of Io and Enceladus. Volcanic remnants remain on Mars and the…
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Gallery: Spacesuits Are Amazing Human-Protection Machines
Did you know it's been nearly 50 years since the first spacewalk? On March 18, 1965, Russian Alexei Leonov ventured…
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Student Scientists Get Second Chance to Fly Experiments to ISS Aboard Falcon 9 After Antares Loss
Student Space Flight teams at NASA Wallops - Will Refly on SpaceX CRS 5 Science experiments from these students representing…
Last Minute Scrub for SpaceX Dragon Launch; Try Again Friday for Historic 1st Stage Landing
An actuator that was “behaving strangely” on the SpaceX Falcon 9’s upper stage caused a last minute scrub for Tuesday's…
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By Boots or Bots? How Shall We Explore?
With robotic spacecraft, we have explored, discovered and expanded our understanding of the Solar System and the Universe at large.…