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Crowdfunding Mission Seeks To Resurrect ISEE-3 Space Probe
A long time ago (1978) in a galaxy…well, pretty close to us, NASA launched the ISEE-3 (International Sun/Earth Explorer 3) …
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NASA To Test Einstein’s Twin Paradox On Actual Twins
NASA’s latest experiment is something straight out of a sci-fi horror movie. Mostly because it involves identical twins—apologies to any …
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Urgent Launch Of Air Force Satellites Delays NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Flight Test
NASA’s next manned spacecraft — its first new model in 40 years — is called the Orion, or “Apollo on …
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ESA’s Cosmic Vision Includes New Planet-Hunting Mission
NASA likes to boast about its planet-hunting capabilities thanks to both the Kepler and the Hubble telescopes. But NASA’s not …
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There Might Be Water Flowing On Mars Right Now
Earlier in the Curiosity Rover‘s travels around the Red Planet it gleaned a bunch of information about the water-soaked soil, …
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NASA Program Aims To Put Commercial Landers On The Moon, Stirs Property Rights Debate
NASA recently announced a new initiative called Lunar CATALYST (Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown) and is seeking proposals …
Meet Dream Chaser, America’s Next Space Shuttle
As you probably know, President Obama announced his decision to end NASA’s space shuttle program Constellation back in 2010. Since …
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Happy Tenth Anniversary, Opportunity
Ten years might not seem old, but for a rover that was only meant to conduct a three-month-long mission, a …
NASA Scientists Control Robotic Arm With Kinect And Oculus Rift
Robots in space — two great tastes that taste great together. They might go to Mars ahead of the humans …
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DARPA’s Robotics Challenge Narrows The Field To Eight Finalists
DARPA’s Robotics Challenge, where teams compete to design and develop disaster response robots, kicked off in June, with the software-based …
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Merry Christmas! Astronauts Conduct Emergency Repairs On ISS Cooling System
Unless his flying reindeer are truly amazing, like Falcor, Santa probably doesn’t make it to space. Or maybe he does, …
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Meet Valkyrie, NASA’s Superhero Robot
We’ve done lots of posts here on GFR about NASA, many of which bemoan the state and the budget of …
Ex-NASA Engineer Creates Matrix-Style Bullet-Time Effect
If you’ve ever seen the Matrix (and honestly, who among you hasn’t?), you’ve likely marveled at the special effects, particularly …
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Space Blogger Alison Wilgus’ Webcomic Takes You Inside Of NASA’s Inner Workings
Alison Wilgus writes about space and space exploration over at Tor.com, but she’s also got some serious chops when it …
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NASA VeSpR Rocket Telescope Scours Venus’ Atmosphere For Signs Of Water
While the Cassini, Curiosity, and MESSENGER craft have been giving us extensive information about Saturn, Mars, and Mercury, respectively, it’s …
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Sally Ride Receives Posthumous Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Too often, one’s contributions to the world don’t get their honor until it’s too late. Sally Ride, the first female …
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Space Racers And NASA Aim To Take Over Preschool Entertainment
If you have children you’ve probably been inundated by one program after the other that teaches kids how to count, …
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NASA Prepares Orion For Unmanned Flight Tests
Despite the government shutdown, NASA was able to continue working on the Orion, NASA’s next manned spacecraft. Before any humans …
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Asteroid That Zoomed Past Earth Last Month Probably Won’t Hit Us In 2032. Probably.
It seems that asteroid-related doomsday predictions have become a staple of science news. Yep, there are asteroids out there. Yep, …
Read President Jimmy Carter’s Voyager Letter To Extraterrestrials
The Voyager 1 probe made history in 2013 when scientists agreed that it had finally, officially ventured beyond our solar …
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Scott Carpenter, The Second Man To Orbit The Earth, Passes Away At 88
As we enter a new era in space travel, we are reminded of those who pioneered the initial space race, …
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The Moon Is Covered In Human Feces
Those of you who saw Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity this past weekend—and if the box office numbers are any indication there …
NASA Funds Ten Space Tech Proposals
It’s good to see that even though NASA isn’t swimming (or flying) in dough, it’s still able to fund space …
The Moon Shows New Evidence Of Subsurface Water
When it comes to space science, finding water on the moon has been something of a holy grail to astronomers …
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks Humans Are Stupid For Aliens To Contact
Neil DeGrasse Tyson might not think all that much of the human race. Why? Well he explains it Fermi Paradox …
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Wrath Of Khan Director Penning TV Pilot About The Origins Of The Space Race
Whenever the American space program is featured in film, it’s usually in the context of a huge shuttle launch or …
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U.S. Committee Wants Your Opinions Of The Future Of Human Spaceflight
We here at GFR are obviously huge supporters of advancing exploration of and expansion into space in whatever form it …
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Sally Ride Honored With Posthumous Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Sally Ride was the kind of person about whom you’ll probably never see a negative word written. A physicist, astronaut, …
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The First Battle Of Planetary Science Budget Cuts Begins!
I’m pretty sure some of you guys out there are fans of Sid Meier’s Civilization series of PC strategy games, …
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Seventies NASA Concept Art Imagines The Future That Still Hasn’t Arrived
We’ve often complained that the future we were promised never arrived. We don’t live in the floating cities or drive …
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