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Curiosity Rover’s Proximity To Possible Water Raises Planetary Protection Concerns

The Curiosity rover may need to divert its course soon, as its current path could cause it to contaminate a…

8 years ago

OSIRIS-REx Blasts off on 7 Year Sampling Trek to Asteroid Bennu and Back

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s OSIRIS-REx hi tech robotic explorer blasted off this evening in spectacular fashion from the…

8 years ago

Journey to Bennu – Today Sept. 8: Watch the Trailer, Watch the Earth Departure Launch Live

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Today is ‘Earth Departure Day’ for OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first mission to snatch “pristine materials” from…

8 years ago

OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Mission Seeks to Search for Origin of Life Chemistry

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first mission to retrieve and return samples of “pristine materials” from the surface…

8 years ago

Juno Captures Jupiter’s Enthralling Poles From 2,500 Miles

The first images of Jupiter have arrived from the Juno spacecraft and they are a tantalizing taste of what's to…

8 years ago

Grab Your Smartphone And Become A Citizen Scientist For NASA

NASA's new GLOBE Observer app allows users to observe the sky in their location and share the data with NASA.

8 years ago

Curiosity Rover Captures Full-Circle Panorama of Enticing ‘Murray Buttes’ on Mars

Four years after a nail biting touchdown on the Red Planet, NASA’s SUV-sized Curiosity rover is at last nearing the…

8 years ago

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampling Probe Assembled at Florida Launch Base for Sep. 8 Blastoff — Cleanroom Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - OSIRIS-Rex, the first American sponsored probe aimed at retrieving “pristine materials” from the surface of…

8 years ago

JUNO Transmits First Up-Close Look Soarin’ over Jupiter

NASA’s JUNO spacecraft successfully swooped over the Jovian cloud tops today, Saturday, Aug. 27, gathering its first up close images…

8 years ago

What Can We Expect From Juno’s Return To Jupiter?

On Saturday, August 27th, NASA's Juno mission will once again make history as it conducts the closest flyby of Jupiter…

8 years ago