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Holy Wheels, Sharp Rocks Force NASA’s Curiosity rover to Seek Smoother Pathway to Mount Sharp
Up close photomosaic view shows lengthy tear in rover Curiosity’s left front wheel caused by recent driving over sharp edged…
Columbia’s Demise 11 Years Ago Today Sparked Regular Shuttle Inspections In Space
The Columbia's shuttle fiery end came as the STS-107 astronauts' families were waiting runway-side for everyone to come home. NASA's…
Spirit and Opportunity Top 10 Decade 1 Discoveries – Top Rover Scientist Tells Universe Today
A Top 10 Decade 1 Discovery by NASA's Twin Mars Exploration Rovers Carbonate-Containing Martian Rocks discovered by Spirit Mars Rover…
Close Encounters of the Lunar Kind – LRO images LADEE
This dissolve animation compares the LRO image (geometrically corrected) of LADEE captured on Jan 14, 2014 with a computer-generated and…
‘Stupid Astronaut Tricks’ Spread The Joy of Space To New Astronaut Class
You sure couldn't hide those grins on television from the Astronaut Candidate Class of 2013 when the call came from…
Can A Mega-Magnetic Field Protect Astronauts From Radiation?
A bunch of people really, really want to go to the Red Planet on the proposed one-way Mars One trip;…
China’s Chang’e-3 Lander and Yutu Moon Rover – from Above and Below
Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover – from Above And Below Composite view shows China’s Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover from…
Rosetta Is Happily Awake, But Comet Lander Will Slumber Until March
Now that Rosetta has (leisurely) arose from a 31-month slumber in space, the next step is to figure out how…
How Do You Stop A Spacecraft Microbe From Attacking Mars?
When you have a Mars mission that is designed to search for life or life-friendly environments, it would be several…
UPDATE: Six-Hour Spacewalk Yields Success for UrtheCast Cameras
UPDATE: As of Tuesday morning (Eastern time), UrtheCast announced that telemetry was successfully received, "contrary to the online broadcast of…