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Seasons Greetings and a Look Back at 2010 from NASA

A couple of holiday themed videos for you from NASA, and look back at 2010. The ISS crew has the…

13 years ago

NASA Budget Uncertainties Will Continue Well into 2011

[/caption] A temporary spending measure signed by President Obama on December 22 means NASA and other government agencies will stay…

13 years ago

Numerous Companies Propose Possible ‘Space Taxis’

[/caption] Once, the field had only had few entries, but now there are several companies vying to send American astronauts…

13 years ago

Powerful Mars Orbiter Directs Opportunity to Clays and Hydrated Minerals

[/caption] NASA is using its powerful science surveyor orbiting more than 241 kilometers above Mars to target the surface explorations…

13 years ago

Landfall at Santa Maria for Opportunity on Mars

[/caption] NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover arrived today (Dec .15) at Santa Maria crater on Sol 2450. She sits just 20…

13 years ago

SpaceX Looking to Launch Next Dragon Spacecraft – to the ISS

[/caption] With the success of the first and second launches of the Falcon 9 rocket as well as the successful…

13 years ago

Nanosail-D Update: Things Look Grim

[/caption] We reported the successful ejection of the Nanosail-D nanosatellite from the satellite that it was launched with earlier this…

13 years ago

How Are You Celebrating the Year of the Solar System?

There are a lot of solar system space missions coming up, plus – as always – a plethora of astronomical…

13 years ago

Apollo 12 anniversary celebrated at Martian Crater as Opportunity blazes ahead

[/caption] NASA recently celebrated the anniversary of the historic Apollo 12 lunar landing mission with another history making craft -…

13 years ago

SpaceX Shoots for Dec. 8 Launch of Falcon 9

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL --Engineers with the commercial space company SpaceX have analyzed two small cracks in the rear segment of…

13 years ago