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The Planetary Society Gives Students The Chance To Name An Asteroid
The Planetary Society is pretty excited about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid 1999 RQ36, but they do have some issues …
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Cassini Wows With Spectacular Images Of Saturn And Titan
She may not be roving around the red planet or have an incredibly complex skycrane system, but Cassini’s still got …
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NASA Wants Your Nominations For Its Federal Advisory Committees
NASA has just opened up its annual nominations for people to man its five different federal advisory committees. Does this …
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Dawn Probe Finishes Up At Vesta And Is Off To Study A Dwarf Planet
The Dawn space probe is about to claim a first in solar system exploration. After spending over a year studying …
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The Romney Campaign Releases Their Platform For Space
One of the biggest problems for NASA as a government agency is that their focus on human spaceflight seemingly changes …
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NASA Finds Millions Of Black Holes Thanks To Old WISE Data
Supermassive black holes are pretty much the scariest, most dangerous objects in the universe. They usually rest at the heart …
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Will.i.am’s Song Will Be The First Broadcast From Mars
NASA is very happy to see the Mars Curiosity Rover is part of the current pop culture landscape. To add …
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Asteroid Itokawa Will Be Mankind’s Next Stop Beyond Low Earth Orbit
NASA still doesn’t have the means to send astronauts into space without the aid of the Russian space program, but …
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Kepler Finds A Binary Solar System That Could Support Life
Good news everyone! If you’ve been in the market for some real estate with a nice climate and a pretty sweet view …
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The Last Roll-Out Shows Space Shuttle Atlantis Getting Ready For Its Final Mission
It took a lot of work to get a space shuttle ready for lift-off. Even after the tear-down and rebuild …
Curiosity Sends Back A Stunning Pic From Mars And A Message From The NASA Administrator
The Curiosity rover is still running through its system checks before it gets started with the real business of exploring …
NASA Wants To Use Cave Exploring Robots On Mars
Over the years, we’ve sent lots of robotic missions to Mars. The legion of orbiting satellites, stationary labs, and rovers have each …
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A Goodbye To Neil Armstrong, The Most Important Man Who Ever Lived
He wasn’t just the guy who happened to be first out of the airlock.
Neil Armstrong, 1930 – 2012
An American hero, dead at the age of 82.
SpaceX Approved To Start Making International Space Station Deliveries
After a series of milestone flights and a history making docking with the International Space Station earlier this year, SpaceX …
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NASA Announces Its Next Mars Probe
The Mars Science Laboratory has only been on Mars now for two weeks, but even as it tested out its …
We’re NASA And We Know It Pairs That Song You Hate With The Curiosity Rover
We were all excited when the incredibly complex (some might even say over-engineered) entry decent and landing scheme for the …
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Take A Look Inside NASA’s Next Generation Deep Space Exploration Craft
This may look like a Hollywood set, but you are actually looking at a simulated mission to a Near Earth …
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Worlds Puts Kepler’s Discoveries Into Perspective
If you’re into space and astronomy, then right now is an amazing time to be alive. So many huge discoveries …
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NASA As You Know It Could Cease To Exist
Over the years, NASA has had a pretty tough go of it for a government agency. With changing budgets, presidents, …
NASA Commits A Billion Dollars To Develop New Craft For Human Spaceflight
With all the news about the Curiosity Rover and SpaceX’s unmanned foray to the International Space Station, space exploration is …
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Curiosity Sends Back First Full-Color Panoramic Shot From Gale Crater
In the few days since NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down in Gale Crater on Mars, we’ve already seen some truly …
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NASA Time-Lapses Take Us Through The Mercury And Gemini Missions
We’re used to seeing some pretty amazing space footage these days, whether it’s shots of Mars from the Curiosity rover, …
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The Most Amazing Mars Images Sent Back By Curiosity So Far
That’s not a flying saucer.
NASA’s Next Generation Plane Concept Takes Flight
Believe it or not, one of the A’s in NASA stands for Aeronautics. It may not get as much press …
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NASA Announces Award Winners In Commercial Crew Development
Two days before the Curiosity rover landed on Mars in a spectacular fashion, NASA awarded the next generation of human …
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Promoting Curiosity, NASA’s Big Gamble
It seems like you can’t go two minutes on the internet these days without hearing about the impending landing of …
Listen To A Lonely Robot’s Epitaph In Robbie
Last year, at the final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, I got a chance to meet the earthbound counterpart …
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There’s A Hole In Mars
No, that’s not a crater you’re looking at, that is actually a giant hole on Mars. The red planet has …
