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Philae Ready to Take Flying Leap to Historic Comet Landing (Coverage Information)
We are now in the final hours before Rosetta’s Philae lander is released to attempt a first-ever landing on a…
A Comet’s Tale – Rosetta’s Philae, Five Days from Touchdown
In the recently released Rosetta short film called "Ambition", the master begins a story to his apprentice - "Once upon…
Will Gaia Be Our Next Big Exoplanet Hunter?
Early on the morning of Dec. 19, 2013, the pre-dawn sky above the coastal town of Kourou in French Guiana was briefly sliced by the…
Where Have All the Pulsars Gone? The Mystery at the Center of Our Galaxy
The galactic center is a happening place, with lots of gas, dust, stars, and surprising binary stars orbiting a supermassive black…
A History of Launch Failures: “Not Because They are Easy, but Because They are Hard”
Over the 50-plus years since President John F. Kennedy’s Rice University speech, spaceflight has proven to be hard. It doesn't…
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Why Watch ESA Rosetta’s Movie ‘Ambition’? Because We Want to Know What is Possible
NASA has taken on space missions that have taken years to reach their destination; they have more than a dozen…
Here’s a High-Res Look at Philae’s Landing Spot
The long-awaited deployment of the Philae lander, currently "piggybacked" aboard ESA's Rosetta spacecraft orbiting the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, will…
Landing on a Comet: The Trailer
In less than a month, on November 12, 2014, the 100-kg Philae lander will separate from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft and…
Comet Siding Spring: Close Call for Mars, Wake Up Call for Earth?
It was 20 years ago this past July when images of Jupiter being pummeled by a comet caught the world's…
Glorious Global 3-D Mars from ISRO’s MOM and ESA’s Rosetta
Here’s another breathtakingly glorious view from India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - her first global 3-D portrait of her new…