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The Moon Trees of Apollo 14
On this day in 1971 Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard, Jr., Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell returned to Earth, splashing…
Spirit Lander – 1st Color Image from Mars Orbit
[/caption] The Lander platform for NASA’s Spirit rover has been photographed in stunning high resolution color for the first time…
NASA Showcases ‘Spinoff’ Technologies
[/caption] Contrary to popular belief, Tang, Velcro and Teflon (along with the zero-gravity "space" pen) aren't derived from NASA technology.…
China Unveils High Resolution Global Moon Map
[/caption] Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of…
ISS Night Flight in “Real Time”
We've featured wonderful time-lapse videos taken from the Space Station many times and each one is amazing to watch, but…
Asteroid Vesta Floats in Space in High Resolution 3-D
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies…
Super Bowl Cities Seen From Space
[/caption] If you live in or are from the US, you probably know that today is Super Bowl Sunday. Whatever…
Cities at Night Panorama of Millions of US East Coast Earthlings
[/caption] Do you live here? Tens of millions of Earthlings live and work in the bustling and seemingly intertwined American…
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SpaceX Test Fires SuperDraco Abort Engines Critical To Astronaut Launch Safety
[/caption] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has test fired a prototype of its new SuperDraco engine that will be critical to…
Getting to the Core of Earth’s Falling Snow
[/caption] An international plan is unfolding that will launch satellites into orbit to study global snowfall precipitation with unprecedented detail.…