Space Exploration
Youthful Frozen Plains Cover Pluto’s Big ‘Heart’ – Spectacular New Images from New Horizons
This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, shows an…
Mysterious Mountain Revealed in First Close-up of Pluto’s Moon Charon
This new image of an area on Pluto's largest moon Charon has a captivating feature -- a depression with a…
NASA’s New Horizons Makes Major Discoveries: Young Ice Mountains on Pluto and Crispy Young Chasms on Charon
New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise -- a range of youthful mountains rising…
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Last, Best Look at Pluto’s Far Side and Four Perplexing Spots: 2 Days Out from Flyby
New Horizons' last look at Pluto's Charon-facing hemisphere reveals the highest resolution view of four intriguing darks spots for decades…
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NASA Names Four Astronauts for First Boeing, SpaceX U.S. Commercial Spaceflights
NASA today (July 9) named the first four astronauts who will fly on the first U.S. commercial spaceflights in private…
Pluto’s ‘Heart’ Revealed as New Horizons Probe Starts Flyby Campaign: 5 Days Out
The Huge Heart of Pluto Pluto’s “Heart” is seen in this new image from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager…
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Falcon 9 Rocket Failure a Huge Blow to SpaceX: Musk
In his first public comments since the surprise disintegration of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket some two minutes after…
New Horizons Exits Safe Mode, Operating Flawlessly for Upcoming Pluto Encounter
Latest color image of Pluto taken on July 3, 2015 shows 4 mysterious dark spots. Best yet image of Pluto…
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Russian Progress Supply Freighter Docks at Space Station, Ending String of International Launch Failures
Over three tons of much needed supplies and equipment finally reached the crew living aboard the International Space Station (ISS),…
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Challenger and Columbia Crews Memorialized in Emotional New “Forever Remembered” Exhibit at Kennedy Space Center
An iconic section of the fuselage recovered from space shuttle Challenger with the American flag (left) and the flight deck…