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Opportunity Rover Team Honors Pioneering Lindbergh Flight at Mars Mountaintop Crater
Martian Reminder of a Pioneering Flight. Names related to the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic have been informally…
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NASA Launches Revolutionary Earth Science Satellite Measuring Soil Moisture Cycle
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, is seen after the mobile…
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NASA’s RapidScat Ocean Wind Watcher Starts Earth Science Operations at Space Station
Barely two months after being launched to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA’s first science payload aimed at conducting Earth…
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NASA Inaugurates New Space Station Era as Earth Science Observation Platform with RapidScat Instrument
NASA inaugurated a new era of research for the International Space Station (ISS) as an Earth observation platform following the…
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History Created as India Dares Unknown and Achieves Near Impossible – MOM Successfully Arrives in Mars Orbit
Artists concept of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) successfully achieving Mars orbit on Sept. 23 EDT/Sept. 24 IST. Credit: ISRO…
India’s First Mars Mission MOM Meets Mars on Sept. 23/24 – Watch Arrival Live
Its D-Day for MOM! The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is India’s history making first mission to the Red Planet and…
Curiosity Skips Drilling, Resumes Mount Sharp Trek after Pounding Slippery Rock at Martian Valley of Slippery Sands
NASA’s Curiosity rover will skip drilling into a possible 4th rock target and instead resume the trek to Mount Sharp…
Rosetta Moving Closer to Comet 67P Hunting for Philae Landing Site
http://youtu.be/CNGu7KbXzOs Animation Caption: Possible landing sites on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The model shows the illumination of the comets surface and regions…
Curiosity Reverses Back from Martian Valley of Slippery Sand and Finds Fourth Rock Drilling Candidate at ‘Bonanza King’
NASA’s Curiosity rover looks back to ramp with 4th drill site target at ‘Bonanza King’ rock outcrop in ‘Hidden Valley’…
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Curiosity Celebrates Two Years on Mars Approaching Bedrock of Mountain Climbing Destination
2 Years on Mars! Curiosity treks to Mount Sharp, her primary science destination, in this photo mosaic view captured on…