Space Exploration
NASA Spacecraft Is Now Buzzing Mercury 62 Miles Above The Surface
Look out below! NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is at its lowest altitude of any spacecraft above Mercury, and over the next…
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James Webb Space Telescope’s Giant Sunshield Test Unit Unfurled First Time
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MD - The huge Sunshield test unit for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been…
Watch Live: ‘Mars’ Crew Emerges From Simulation After 120 Days
If you spent 120 days cooped up in a small habitat with six people, what's the first thing you'd want…
Astronaut Spots Violence Over Gaza, Asks What Extraterrestrials Would Think
From his perch aboard the International Space Station, Alexander Gerst took this photo this week and said he could spot…
To Help Mars Rovers Phone Home, NASA Asks For Ideas To Close Looming Communications Gap
Remember during the government shutdown when it looked as though a NASA Mars mission would be delayed? Launch preparations continued…
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Apollo 11 Splashdown 45 Years Ago on July 24, 1969 Concludes 1st Moon Landing Mission – Gallery
Apollo 11 Comes Home The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship…
Neck Of Rosetta’s ‘Rubby Duckie’ Comet Shows A Bright Ring
Rosetta's "rubber duckie" comet appears to be wearing a collar! New images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from the spacecraft, which is…
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Risk Reduction Milestone Tests Move Commercial Dream Chaser Closer to Critical Design Review and First Flight
The winged Dream Chaser mini-shuttle under development by Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has successfully completed a series of risk reduction…
Video: A Dizzying, Whirly View Of The Earth From Space!
We've got vertigo watching this video, but in a good way! This is a sped-up view of Earth from the…
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Historic Human Spaceflight Facility at Kennedy Renamed in Honor of Neil Armstrong – 1st Man on the Moon
45 years ago on July 20, 1969, NASA astronaut and Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong became the first human being…