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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…
This Is What It Looks Like to Freefall From Space
Remember BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner's incredible freefall from the "edge of space" in October 2012? The highly anticipated (and highly publicized) Red…
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…
NEOWISE Spots Mars-Crossing Comet
One of the big ticket astronomical events of 2014 will be the close passage of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring past…
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…