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Postcards From The (Inner) Edge

As the world turns its gaze outward in anticipation of the arrival of Mars Science Laboratory -- with its hair-raising…

12 years ago

The Audacity to Dream

Making its debut at the TEDxISU (International Space University) event on July 6, the video above is an inspirational call-to-arms…

12 years ago

Rethinking the Source of Earth’s Water

Earth, with its blue hue visible from space, is known for its abundant water - predominately locked in oceans -…

12 years ago

Dawn’s Vestan Endeavour Exceptionally Exciting near End of Year-Long Super Science Survey

Image Caption: Divalia Fossa equatorial trough at Vesta pictured in side by side images showing apparent brightness and topography. The…

12 years ago

Hubble Spies Tiny, Ancient ‘Ghost Galaxies’

They're out there; tiny, extremely faint and incredibly ancient dwarf galaxies with so few stars that scientists call them 'ghost…

12 years ago

NASA To Launch The Finest Mirrors Ever Made

This Wednesday NASA will launch its High Resolution Coronal Imager (HI-C) mission from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico,…

12 years ago

WISE Spies a Hunter’s Flame

A vast star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Orion shines brightly in this image from NASA's WISE…

12 years ago

1st Space-bound Orion Crew Capsule Unveiled at Kennedy

Image caption: Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida welcomes the newly arrived Orion crew capsule at a Kennedy Space Center unveiling…

12 years ago

Shuttle Astronaut Alan Poindexter Killed in Tragic Jet Ski Accident

Caption: Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, posed for a photo in the Cupola of the International Space Station in April 2010.…

12 years ago

Robots Tested in Sample Return Challenge

Caption: Participants in NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge. Credit: NASA Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Andy Tomaswick,…

12 years ago