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2015: NASA’s Year of the Dwarf Planet

29 Dec , 2014 by Tim Reyes

Together, the space probes Dawn and New Horizons have been in flight for a collective 17 years. One remained close to home and the other departed to parts of the Solar System of which little is known. They now share a common destination in the same year: dwarf planets. At the time of these NASA […]

Antares Explosion Investigation Focuses on First Stage Propulsion Failure

3 Nov , 2014 by Ken Kremer

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – Investigators probing the Antares launch disaster are focusing on clues pointing to a failure in the first stage propulsion system that resulted in a loss of thrust and explosive mid-air destruction of the commercial rocket moments after liftoff from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, VA, at 6:22 p.m. EDT on […]

Watch A ‘Swan’ Fly Free From Its Trap In A Space Robotic Arm

20 Aug , 2014 by Elizabeth Howell

What does it look like when a cargo ship goes flying away from the International Space Station? This timelapse gives you a sense of what to expect. Here, you can see the handiwork of the (off-camera) Expedition 40 crew as they use the robotic Canadarm2 to let go of the Cygnus spacecraft. “Great feeling to […]

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2015: NASA’s Year of the Dwarf Planet

Antares Explosion Investigation Focuses on First Stage Propulsion Failure

Watch A ‘Swan’ Fly Free From Its Trap In A Space Robotic Arm

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