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Air Force X-37B Spaceplane Launches on May 20 with Military, NASA and LightSail Payloads: Watch Live
Fourth flight of the secretive U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is set for blastoff on May 20, 2015…
The Planetary Society’s Solar Sail Will Hitch a Ride to Space on a Falcon Heavy
In a live webcast, The Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye announced that its long-awaited LightSail solar sail mission will launch…
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- Cassini
- Juno Mission
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- Voyager
NASA Halts Work on its New Nuclear Generator for Deep Space Exploration
Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science…
NASA’s Nanosail-D Released into the Winds of Space
[/caption]Despite being an idea rattling around inside the head of engineers and space enthusiasts for over 40 years, solar sails…
Your Chance to Weigh in on NASA’s Future Destinations
Where do you think NASA's next destination should be in space? Asteroid? The Moon? Mars? The Planetary Society is hosting…
Japan to Launch Venus Orbiter and Solar Sail Missions
Bad weather postponed a scheduled multi-mission launch of an H-IIA rocket from Japan early Tuesday, which includes the first Japanese…