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What’s Ahead for Rosetta – ‘Finding a Landing Strip’ on Bizarre Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Where would you land here? Newly released NAVCAM image taken by Rosetta on 5 August 2014 from a distance of…
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Rosetta Arrives at ‘Scientific Disneyland’ for Ambitious Study of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after 10 Year Voyage
The image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 3 August 2014 from a distance of…
The Latest Pictures From Mars Make Us Feel Spoiled
Don't you love it when close-up pictures come beaming to your computer from another planet? Below are some of the…
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Rosetta on Final Approach to Historic Comet Rendezvous – Watch Live Here
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft on final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in early August 2014. This collage of navcam imagery from Rosetta…
Rocket Replay: Watch Europe’s Last Space Station Automated Transfer Vehicle Soar
The last of Europe's five automated transfer vehicles made a flawless launch to orbit yesterday (July 30). So far, all…
NASA’s First Space-Tweeting Astronaut And ‘Big Bang Theory’ Guest Flies To A New Position
The first astronaut who tweeted from space is leaving NASA, the agency announced yesterday. Mike Massimino (best known to his…
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Book Review: Neil Armstrong – A Life of Flight by Jay Barbree
“Neil Armstrong - A Life of Flight” is a thoroughly enjoyable new biography about the first human to set foot…
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…
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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…