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Mountains Soar Above the Appalachians in this Dramatic NASA Photo
Except these are mountains made of water, not rock! Taken from an altitude of 65,000 feet, the image above shows enormous…
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Opportunity Peers Out from ‘Pillinger Point’ – Honoring British Beagle 2 Mars Scientist Where Ancient Water Flowed
NASA’s decade old Opportunity rover has reached a long sought after region of aluminum-rich clay mineral outcrops at a new…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 349: Mercury 7 – How the US picked the First Astronauts
Before the Apollo Program, there was the Gemini Program, and before Gemini came the Mercury Program. 7 elite astronauts chosen…
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Tour Around Boeing’s CST-100 Spaceliner to LEO: Photos
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - On Monday, June 9, Boeing revealed the design of their CST-100 astronaut spaceliner aimed at…
“Carbon Copy” Spacecraft Ready to Track Global Carbon Dioxide
On February 24, 2009, the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission — designed to study the global fate…
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Boeing Unveils Commercial CST-100 ‘Space Taxi’ to Launch US Astronauts to Space from US Soil
Boeing unveiled full scale mockup of their commercial CST-100 'Space Taxi' on June 9, 2014 at its intended manufacturing facility…
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Engineers Start Stacking Operations for Maiden Launch of NASA’s Orion Deep Space Test Capsule
The Orion crew module for Exploration Flight Test-1 is shown in the Final Assembly and System Testing (FAST) Cell, positioned…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 348: Places with Numbers: 2 Independence Sq (NASA HQ)
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Curiosity Captures Stunning New Mount Sharp Panorama ‘On The Go’
Curiosity rover panorama of Mount Sharp captured on June 6, 2014 (Sol 651) during traverse inside Gale Crater. Note rover…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 6, 2014: Comets & Cosmos?
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlien (@briankoberlein) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) Matthew Francis (CosmoAcademy.org, @DrMRFrancis)…