Space Exploration
Powerful New Next-Gen US/Japan GPM Satellite to Revolutionize Global Precipitation Observations and Climate Science Research
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, MARYLAND - Weather researchers and forecasters worldwide are gushing with excitement in the final days…
Dale Gardner, Astronaut Who Rescued A Satellite With A Jetpack, Dead At 65
When Dale Gardner smiled for this preflight picture somewhere around 1983, there was another mission on his horizon: picking up…
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Martian Dune Buggy Curiosity Adopts New Driving Mode to Save Wheels from Rough Rocks
Curiosity looks back eastward to ‘Dingo Gap’ sand dune inside Gale Crater After crossing over the 3 foot (1 meter)…
Opportunity rover Spied atop Martian Mountain Ridge from Orbit – Views from Above and Below
Opportunity Rover on 'Murray Ridge' Seen From Orbit on Valentine's Day 2014 The telescopic High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)…
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Gaping Inside The Huge Vehicle Assembly Building NASA Used For Space Shuttles And Moon Missions
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - There's something about this city that brings out the crazy travel planner in me. I visited here…
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Private Cygnus Cargo Carrier departs Space Station Complex
Following a picture perfect blastoff from NASA’s frigid Virginia spaceport and a flawless docking at the International Space Station (ISS)…
Savage Spacesuit: ‘Mythbusters’ Host’s Mercury Costume Looks Real Enough For Space
Who wants Adam Savage's job right now? The cohost of Mythbusters spent the last year working with a San Francisco…
At ‘Star City’, This Is How Astronauts Learn About Soyuz Spacecraft
While the world is having a good time watching Olympic sports in Sochi, about a day's drive north in Russia…
100 Days of MOM – India’s 1st Mars Mission Streaking to Red Planet Rendezvous
India’s maiden Mars explorer, the Mars Orbiter Mission or MOM, celebrated 100 days speeding through space this past week, racing…
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Mystery of the Martian ‘Jelly Doughnut’ Rock – Solved
The mystery of the world famous “Jelly Doughnut” rock on Mars has at last been solved by diligent mission scientists…