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India’s First Mars Mission Launches Flawlessly on Historic Journey to the Red Planet
WOW MOM ! Blastoff of the Indian developed Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on Nov. 5, 2013 from the Indian Space…
Countdown Commences for India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)
The countdown has commenced and the excitement is building for India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - which will conduct a…
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MAVEN and MOM Missions from NASA and India Plan Martian Science Collaboration in Orbit
After years of hard work by dedicated science and engineering teams, a new pair of Mars orbiter science missions from…
Incredible Vertical-Landing Grasshopper Rocket Has Retired
Did you take a moment to look at that August video of the Grasshopper rocket deliberately going sideways and then…
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Government Shutdown Stops MAVEN Work; Threatens NASA Mars Launch!
The upcoming Nov. 18 blastoff of NASA’s new MAVEN Mars orbiter is threatened by today’s US Federal Government shutdown. Launch…
SpaceX Says Falcon 9 Upper Stage Did Not Explode in Orbit (and it wasn’t a UFO, either)
When the US Space Surveillance Network indicated they were tracking additional objects in orbit following Sunday’s maiden launch of SpaceX’s…
Soyuz Launches Expedition 37/38 to the International Space Station
The next crew of the International Space Station is on their way to orbit. Three members of the Expedition 37…
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Antares Picture Perfect Blastoff Launches Commercial Space Race
Antares rocket lifts off at 10:58 a.m. EDT Sept 18 with commercial Cygnus cargo resupply ship bound for the International…
Watch Live: Commercial Antares Rocket Launches to Space Station
UPDATE: Orbital Sciences successfully launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the…
Advanced Satellite Blasts Off from Cape Canaveral: Launch Gallery
Early this morning a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in a gorgeous pre-dawn launch,…