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NASA’s KaBOOM Experimental Asteroid Radar Aims to Thwart Earth’s Kaboom

March 12, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Over the past month, about a half dozen rather large asteroids have careened nearby our home planet and in one case caused significant injury and property damage with no forewarning – showcasing the hidden lurking dangers from lackluster attitudes towards Asteroid [...]

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Plastic Wrapped Shuttle Atlantis Slated for Grand Public Unveiling in June

March 9, 2013

Imagine visiting Star Fleet headquarters in the 23nd Century and being engulfed by a holodeck journey to a 21st century NASA Space Shuttle; complete with a full sized Hubble Space Telescope – perhaps the important science instrument ever constructed and an outstanding legacy of the Space Shuttle Program. Well that’s the thrilling new experience awaiting [...]

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Endeavour to Take to the Skies One Last Time

September 7, 2012

One of NASA’s 747 SCAs carries Endeavour from Edwards to Kennedy in 2008 following its landing at Edwards to conclude shuttle mission STS-126. (NASA) Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will become the last Space Shuttle orbiter to soar aloft when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from Kennedy Space Center in [...]

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NASA’s Colossal Crawler Gets Souped-Up for SLS

September 6, 2012

Shuttle Discovery riding one of KSC’s crawler-transporters to Launch Pad 39B in June 2005 (NASA) One of NASA’s two iconic crawler-transporters — the 2,750-ton monster vehicles that have delivered rockets from Saturns to Shuttles to launch pads at Kennedy Space Center for nearly half a century — is getting an upgrade in preparation for NASA’s [...]

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Morpheus Lander Crashes and Burns

August 9, 2012

NASA’s “lean and green” Morpheus lander crashed and burned during a free flight test at Kennedy Space Center today, August 9, at approximately 12:46 pm EDT. Watch a video of the failed test after the jump: Remove this ad

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