Space Exploration

Mars bound MAVEN Orbiter “GO” for Astrobiology Expedition Launch on Nov. 18

NASA’s Mars bound MAVEN spacecraft atop Atlas V booster rolls out to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force…

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Star Trek actor LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN’s Story in a New NASA public service announcement (PSA). Credit: NASA Watch the…

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OTTAWA, CANADA - Astronauts appear to hold their heads more rigidly in relation to their trunks after returning to Earth…

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OTTAWA, CANADA - A small Canadian community seems an unlikely spot for an artist now working with Mars One (those…

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - MAVEN, NASA’s next spacecraft launching to the Red Planet in barely three days time on…

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The familiar blotches that make up "the man in the moon", from the vantage point of Earth, happened because the…

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Here's a nice distraction to start off the day: pretend you're playing in the sandbox of Mars alongside Curiosity. This…

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After the tragic failure of the first Phobos-Grunt mission to even make it out of low-Earth orbit, the Russian space…

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India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) probe suffered a surprise hiccup overnight (Nov. 11 IST) when the main engine shut down…

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Imagine being able to watch three months' worth of high-definition space video sequentially -- maybe real-time coverage on the International…

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