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Secret Space Plane to Launch Tomorrow On Second Secret Space Mission

Technology Three months after its first mission ended, the military is launching another X-37B space plane on Friday, in a second classified mission for the X-37B program. If the… Three months after...

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After Messenger Spacecraft's Successful Orbital Burn, Mercury Now Has Its...

Science Last night, NASA’s Messenger probe fired its thrusters and became the first man-made satellite ever to orbit Mercury. It’s a major achievement for NASA and planetary… Last night, NASA’s...

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Florida, California, Washington D.C. and New York City to Receive Retired...

Technology Houston snubbed, but Kennedy Space Center in Florida gets a shuttle [Updated] After the final flight this summer, America's space shuttles will retire to four locations across the...

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Europeans Plan to Launch Prototype Wingless, Reusable Spaceship By 2013

Technology The European Space Agency announced plans today to launch a privately built snub-nosed space bullet, which sort of resembles a wingless, truncated space shuttle, within the… The European...

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With Orbiter Glitch Repaired, Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Will Now Be...

Technology NASA has some good news from Mars two weeks before its newest rover is set to land on the planet — they'll be able to listen to the landing after all. The aging Odyssey… NASA has some good...

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India Will Launch Probe to Mars Next Year

Technology While we in the U.S. wait with bated breath for Mars Rover Curiosity's August 5 landing on the red planet, India's space program, the Indian Space Research Organisation, has… While we in...

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BigPic: A Model Of BepiColombo, The Spacecraft That'll Explore Mercury

Science Europe and Japan are on a mission to Mercury. The BepiColombo mission is expected to launch in 2015, and arrive in Mercury by 2022. Carried in a vessel creatively dubbed the…

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Big Pic: China's Lunar Spacecraft Snaps Trippy Pic Of The Moon And Earth

Space Something seems off here. On its trip around the Moon this week, China’s lunar test probe, Chang’e 5TI, snapped this mind-bending image of the Earth and its satellite, putting the objects in a...

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What would happen if the moon suddenly disappeared?

Ask Us Anything Life as we know it probably wouldn’t exist. The moon is more than just a pretty face to gaze upon at night. It helps direct our ocean currents and tides, the movement of Earth’s...

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To find life on Mars, we'll need new orbiters, more advanced rovers, and humans

Space There’s a good reason NASA hasn’t said they’ve found life on Mars—it’s beyond their current capabilities. Yet again–life wasn’t found on Mars. And NASA won’t be announcing the discovery of life...

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