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Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !
Image Caption: Course correcting thruster firings on July 29 successfully placed Curiosity on target to touchdown beside Mount Sharp inside…
Progress Supply Ship Re-docks to ISS After Abort
A Russian Progress supply ship has been successfully re-docked to the International Space Station after an initial re-docking failed. The…
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T Minus 9 Days – Mars Orbiters Now in Place to Relay Critical Curiosity Landing Signals
Image Caption: NASA’s Mars Odyssey will relay near real time signals of this artist's concept depicting the moment that NASA's…
Japanese HTV-3 Berthed to International Space Station
The HTV-3 Japanese cargo spacecraft was successfully captured with the International Space Station’s Canadarm 2 robotic arm, and then installed…
Skydiver Baumgartner Takes Test Jump from 30 kilometers
Caption: Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria lands in the desert during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos…
Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Passes Away
Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died today, July 23, 2012. She was 61 years…
Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield Tested Successfully
Caption: IRVE-3 was launched by a sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Mon., July 23, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Credit:…
HI-C Returns Most Detailed Images Ever of the Sun’s Corona
NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) mission, launched Wednesday, July 11 from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, successfully returned…
An Orbital Adagio: Nighttime Views from the ISS
People keep making these videos from ISS photography, and we keep loving them. Here's the latest, assembled by photographer Knate…
Japanese Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station
A Japanese resupply ship, the HTV-3 “Kountouri" (White Stork) launched Saturday to the International Space Station, lifting off on an…