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Great ISS Sightings – All Nights this Week of April 9
[/caption] Calling all Skywatching and Space Fans ! This is a great week for observing the International Space Station (ISS),…
Shuttle vs. Soyuz
[/caption] Here's an interesting illustration showing the size comparison of a Space Shuttle to a Soyuz vehicle, shared on Twitter…
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Curiosity Halfway to Red Planet Touchdown
[/caption] As of today, NASA’s car sized Curiosity rover has reached the halfway point in her 352 million mile (567…
Brain Surgery, Fixing the Space Station’s Toilet and Orbital Cremation
"As you can imagine, all works comes to a stop on the Space Station when the toilet breaks," said astronaut…
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Robotics Refueling Research Scores Huge Leap at Space Station
[/caption] A combined team of American and Canadian engineers has taken a major first step forward by successfully applying new,…
1st Student Selected MoonKAM Pictures Look Inspiringly Home to Earth
[/caption] The first student selected photos of the Moon’s surface snapped by NASA’s new pair of student named Lunar Mapping…
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Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for 2014 Leap to High Orbit
[/caption] NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned…
Star Lab Needs Payloads!
[/caption] Star Lab, the next-generation vehicle for suborbital experiments developed by the Florida-based 4Frontiers Corporation, is well on its way…
Watch Felix Baumgartner’s Test Jump
In preparation for his jump from from 36,500 meters (120,000 feet) sometime this summer, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner took a…
Space Travel Is Bad For Your Eyes
Microgravity -- or "zero-g" as it's sometimes called -- is not a natural state for the human body to live…