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Kuiper’s Color Close-Up
[/caption] The pale-orange coloration around the 39-mile (62-km) -wide Kuiper crater on Mercury is evident in this image, a color…
A Swirling Oasis of Life
[/caption] A serpentine eddy swirls in the southern Indian Ocean several hundred kilometers off the coast of South Africa in…
Tough Cuts for Planetary Science In NASA’s 2013 Budget Proposal
[/caption] As expected, NASA’s 2013 budget request calls for an overall decrease in funding, with especially tough cuts to planetary…
Flawless Maiden Launch for Europe’s New Vega Rocket
[/caption] Europe scored a major space success with today’s (Feb. 13) flawless maiden launch of the brand new Vega rocket…
Far Above the World
[/caption] 28 years ago today, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless left the relative safety of Challenger's payload bay and went untethered…
A Continent Ablaze in Auroral and Manmade Light
http://youtu.be/cMQ5Z3tVytc Video Caption: Up the East Coast of North America. Credit: NASA The North American continent is literally set ablaze…
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Budget Axe to Gore America’s Future Exploration of Mars and Search for Martian Life
[/caption] America’s hugely successful Mars Exploration program is apparently about to be gutted by Obama Administration officials wielding a hefty…
The Moon Trees of Apollo 14
On this day in 1971 Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard, Jr., Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell returned to Earth, splashing…
Spirit Lander – 1st Color Image from Mars Orbit
[/caption] The Lander platform for NASA’s Spirit rover has been photographed in stunning high resolution color for the first time…
NASA Showcases ‘Spinoff’ Technologies
[/caption] Contrary to popular belief, Tang, Velcro and Teflon (along with the zero-gravity "space" pen) aren't derived from NASA technology.…