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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.…
China Unveils High Resolution Global Moon Map
[/caption] Chinese scientists have assembled the highest resolution map ever created of the entire Moon and unveiled a series of…
ISS Night Flight in “Real Time”
We've featured wonderful time-lapse videos taken from the Space Station many times and each one is amazing to watch, but…
Asteroid Vesta Floats in Space in High Resolution 3-D
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies…
Super Bowl Cities Seen From Space
[/caption] If you live in or are from the US, you probably know that today is Super Bowl Sunday. Whatever…
Cities at Night Panorama of Millions of US East Coast Earthlings
[/caption] Do you live here? Tens of millions of Earthlings live and work in the bustling and seemingly intertwined American…
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SpaceX Test Fires SuperDraco Abort Engines Critical To Astronaut Launch Safety
[/caption] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has test fired a prototype of its new SuperDraco engine that will be critical to…
Getting to the Core of Earth’s Falling Snow
[/caption] An international plan is unfolding that will launch satellites into orbit to study global snowfall precipitation with unprecedented detail.…
Colbert Does PSA for NASA
In what might be the most unusual public service announcement for NASA, comedian Stephen Colbert uses his unique sense of…