Space Flight
Air-Breathing Rocket Engine Gets Funding Infusion
Air-breathing rocket engine. Need we say more? The technology, which sounds straight out of a science-fiction movie, has enough reality…
LADEE Lunar Probe Unveiled at NASA’s Wallops Launch Site in Virginia
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Observatory has arrived at the launch site on the Eastern Shore of…
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Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser Gets Wings and Tail, Starts Ground Testing
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser successfully rolls through two tow tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California in…
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NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover To Seek Signs of Past Life and Collect Samples for Earth Return
NASA’s next Mars rover set for liftoff in 2020 should focus on three primary objectives; seeking signs of past life,…
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NASA Alters 1st Orion/SLS Flight – Bold Upgrade to Deep Space Asteroid Harbinger Planned
NASA Orion spacecraft blasts off atop 1st Space Launch System rocket in 2017 - attached to European provided service module…
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Curiosity rover Embarks on Epic Trek To Mount Sharp
NASA’s Curiosity rover has at last begun her epic trek to the layered slopes of mysterious Mount Sharp - the…
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Opportunity rover marks Magic Moment on 10th Year since Launch with Mountain Goal in View
Opportunity rover’s view across Botany Bay to Solander Point - her next destination - as NASA celebrates 10 Years since…
NASA’s Independence Day Fireworks from Wallops Investigates Earth’s Global Daytime Dynamo Current
July 4 Morning Fireworks from NASA! A NASA Black Brant V Sounding Rocket launches in support of the Daytime Dynamo…
Moon Dust Could ‘Engulf’ Lunar Rovers — Especially During Sunrise and Sunset
That video above is perhaps the ultimate off-roading adventure: taking a rover out for a spin on the moon. Look…
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Curiosity Captures ‘Phobos Rising’ Movie and Sun Setting on Mars
Mars moon Phobos (above, center) rising in the night time Martian sky shortly after sunset in this still image from…