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Bullseye: Amazing SpaceX Images Highlight Perfect Falcon 9 Landing
SpaceX was able to celebrate a successful return to flight this week with a picture-perfect launch of the Falcon 9…
Here’s a High-Res Look at Philae’s Landing Spot
The long-awaited deployment of the Philae lander, currently "piggybacked" aboard ESA's Rosetta spacecraft orbiting the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, will…
Landing on a Comet: The Trailer
In less than a month, on November 12, 2014, the 100-kg Philae lander will separate from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft and…
ESA’s Rosetta Mission sets November 12th as the Landing Date for Philae
ESA Rosetta mission planners have selected November 12th, one day later than initially planned, for the historic landing of Philae…
Rosetta’s Philae Lander: A Swiss Army Knife of Scientific Instruments
When traveling to far off lands, one packs carefully. What you carry must be comprehensive but not so much that…
‘Avalanche’ Risk Higher Than Thought For Asteroid Landings: Study
Imagine plunking your spacecraft down on an asteroid. The gravity would be small. The surface would be uneven. The space…
Curiosity’s Landing Leftovers
During its "seven minutes of terror" landing on August 6, 2012, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory dropped quite a few things…
Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82
Former NASA astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930 Today we mourn the loss…
The First Photo From The Moon
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” After speaking these historic words at 10:56 EDT…
Surprise Shuttle Landing Video!
Talk about the shot of a lifetime! A Canadian airline passenger waiting on the tarmac at JFK this morning got…