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Phobos-Grunt and Yinghou-1 Arrive at Baikonur Launch Site to tight Mars Deadline
[/caption] Barely in the nick of time, Russia’s groundbreaking Phobos-Grunt interplanetary spacecraft to Mars finally arrived on Monday (Oct. 17)…
ROSAT – Fiery Debris To Rain From The Sky
[/caption] The recent re-entry of the UARS satellite was not the end of falling satellite debris, as the German ROSAT…
Spaceport America Opens With ‘Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space’
[/caption] Do you want to buy a ticket to outer space? Fly into orbit for the most breathtaking views of…
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NASA Strengthens Virgin Galactic Ties With New Contract
[/caption] NASA has, on a number of occasions tapped the NewSpace firm Virgin Galactic to help the space agency accomplish…
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Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta
[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant…
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Mars Science Laboratory’s Gateway to Space – The Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – United Launch Alliance (ULA) uses a structure that incorporates several launch and support operations into…
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Crewed Variant of X-37 Space Plane Proposed
[/caption] As reported online at Space.com, the Boeing Company is already working on the CST-100 space taxi as a means…
Phobos-Grunt: The Mission Poster
[/caption] Russia is marking the upcoming blastoff of their dauntingly complex Phobos-Grunt sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos…
NASA to Test New Solar Sail Technology
[/caption] Solar sails, much like anti-matter and ion engines appear at first glance to only exist in science fiction. Many…
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Daring Russian Sample Return mission to Martian Moon Phobos aims for November Liftoff
[/caption] In just over 3 weeks' time, Russia plans to launch a bold mission to Mars whose objective, if successful…