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NASA Unveils Thrilling First Full Frame Images of Vesta from Dawn
[/caption] NASA has just released the first full frame images of Vesta- and they are thrilling! The new images unveil…
Japanese Astronomy Pushes on After Hard Year
[/caption] From faulty spacecraft to two damaged facilities, the past year has been a tough year for Japan's astronomical programs.…
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Chasing Rockets, Chasing History: One Journalist’s Video Reflections
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – As one might imagine covering the space program is a exciting vocation. Some professionals focus…
JUNO Orbiter Mated to Mightiest Atlas rocket for Aug. 5 Blastoff to Jupiter
[/caption] In less than one week’s time, NASA’s $1.1 Billion Juno probe will blast off on the most powerful Atlas…
Last Towback of a Flight Worthy Space Shuttle – Atlantis Post Touchdown Photo Album
[/caption] Space Shuttle Atlantis closed out NASA’s Space Shuttle Era with a safe touchdown on July 21, 2011 at the…
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Marks 40th Anniversary of Apollo 15
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – Apollo 15 was the first manned lunar mission to use a lunar rover, the first…
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One On One With Space Shuttle Program’s First Pilot, Robert Crippen
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – The shuttle program has drawn to a close. Present at the final flight was one…
Wheels Stop ! With Awesome Atlantis on the Shuttle Runway – Photo Gallery Part 1
[/caption] At Wheels Stop with Atlantis ! Here ended the Shuttle Era A few short hours after the touchdown of…
Ghostly Landing of Atlantis Closes America’s Space Shuttle Era Forever
[/caption] Barely discernable in the pre-dawn twilight and appearing as an eerie, ghost like figure, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her…
Dawn Spirals Down Closer to Vesta’s South Pole Impact Basin
[/caption] NASA's Dawn Asteroid Orbiter is now spiraling down ever closer to the protoplanet Vesta - since arriving on July…