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NASA Completes Critical Space Communications Network with Spectacular Launch of Final TDRS Science Relay Satellite
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Today marked the end of an era for NASA as the last of the agency’s…
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Curiosity Majestically Blasts off on ‘Mars Trek’ to ascertain ‘Are We Alone?’
[/caption] Atop a towering inferno of sparkling flames and billowing ash, Humankinds millennial long quest to ascertain “Are We Alone…
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Curiosity Rover ‘Locked and Loaded’ for Quantum Leap in Pursuit of Martian Microbial Life
[/caption] NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, the most technologically complex and scientifically capable robot built by humans to explore the surface…
Juno Jupiter Orbiter poised at Launch Pad for Aug. 5 Blastoff
[/caption] The Atlas V rocket that will power NASA’s new Juno science probe to Jupiter was rolled out to the…
Solar Powered Jupiter bound JUNO lands at Kennedy Space Center for blastoff
[/caption] Juno, NASA’s next big mission bound for the outer planets, has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center to kick…
Spectacular Sunset Launch of new US Spy Satellite
[/caption] A Delta IV rocket carrying a top secret military payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) blasted off Friday…
SDO Launch Scrub; Try Again Tomorrow
[/caption] Note: Nancy Atkinson is at Kennedy Space Center to cover SDO and the STS-130 shuttle mission Scrub! High winds…
Mars 2016 Methane Orbiter: Searching for Signs of Life
[/caption] The new joint Mars exploration program of NASA and ESA is quickly pushing forward to implement an agreed upon…
Atlas Launch halted by ORCA; Shuttle Atlantis Next in Line
(Editor's Note: Ken Kremer is in Florida for Universe Today covering the current launch attempts of the space shuttle and…
Launches and Dockings and Robots, Oh My!
[/caption] It was a busy weekend in the world of space flight -- both present and future -- and so…