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Juno Snaps Final View of Jovian System Ahead of ‘Independence Day’ Orbital Insertion Fireworks Tonight – Watch Live
After a nearly 5 year odyssey across the solar system, NASA’s solar powered Juno orbiter is all set to ignite…
NASA Approves New Horizons Extended KBO Mission, Keeps Dawn at Ceres
In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…
Curiosity Finds Ancient Mars Likely Had More Oxygen and Was More Hospitable to Life
New chemical science findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity indicate that ancient Mars likely had a higher abundance of molecular…
7 Days Out From Orbital Insertion, NASA’s Juno Images Jupiter and its Largest Moons
Now just 7 days out from a critical orbital insertion burn, NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno orbiter is closing in fast on…
Curiosity Cores Hole in Mars at ‘Lubango’ Fracture Zone
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover successfully bored a brand new hole in Mars at a tantalizing sandstone outcrop…
Landslides and Bright Craters on Ceres Revealed in Marvelous New Images from Dawn
Now in orbit for just over a year at dwarf planet Ceres, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues to astound us with…
Opportunity Discovers Dust Devil, Explores Steepest Slopes on Mars
A “beautiful dust devil” was just discovered today, April 1, on the Red Planet by NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover…
Retro Travel Posters Show Us The Future
These beautiful, retro-style posters from NASA recall the glory days of space tourism. That haven't happened yet.
Opportunity Robustly in Action on 12th Anniversary of Red Planet Touchdown
NASA’s world famous Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues blazing a daily trail of unprecedented science first’s, still swinging her robotic…
NASA Jason-3 Sea Level Rise Reconnaissance Satellite Successfully Blasts off on SpaceX Falcon 9; Hard Landing on Barge
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the NASA/NOAA/European Jason-3 sea level rise reconnaissance satellite a short while ago today,…