Jul 28 2011
Is This the Lunar Crash Site of a 1967 Spacecraft?
A strange-looking impact crater has been spotted by NASA's current lunar satellite.
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Jul 28 2011
Trojan Asteroid Discovered Stalking Earth
For the first time, an asteroid sharing Earth's orbit around the sun has been detected.
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Jul 27 2011
Jupiter Probe to Explore How Planets Formed
By measuring water on the giant planet, the probe will reveal clues about how it and other planets were born.
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Jul 16 2011
Confirmed! Dawn is Orbiting Asteroid Vesta
Late on Saturday, NASA received welcome news from the asteroid belt: the Dawn spacecraft had been successfully captured by Vesta's gravity.
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Jul 10 2011
Shuttle Docks with Space Station One Last Time
Space Shuttle Atlantis carried out a "flawless" approach and docking with the International Space Station on Sunday.
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Jul 07 2011
Project Icarus: How to Navigate Interstellar Space
Guest contributor Rob Swinney explains how Captain Kirk makes warping through spacetime look so easy (hint: it's science fiction!)
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Jun 29 2011
Shuttle Debuted Amid Unknown Dangers
In 1981, two astronauts launched aboard the shuttle's maiden flight, but there was a 1-in-9 chance of them not surviving.
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Jun 22 2011
European ‘Space Truck’ Burns Up Over Pacific Ocean
ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler was destroyed during reentry after a successful resupply mission to the space station.
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Jun 16 2011
Space Station Robot Lands a Job
Pumping fuel may not seem too difficult, but it's definitely a challenge when you're in low-Earth orbit.
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Jun 10 2011
NASA Launches Salt-Seeking Satellite
The Aquarius satellite will measure the salinity of the world's oceans to see how changes may be linked to future climate.
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