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Return engagement? NASA picks its three favorite landing spots for 2020 Mars rover
Read more →: Return engagement? NASA picks its three favorite landing spots for 2020 Mars roverAn artist’s conception shows the 2020 Mars rover with its robotic arm extended. (NASA / JPL Graphic) NASA…
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Fire returns to flame trench at Apollo-era launch pad in Florida
Read more →: Fire returns to flame trench at Apollo-era launch pad in FloridaCredit: William Harwood/CBS News Nine Merlin engines ignited and throttled up to nearly 2 million pounds of thrust…
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Teams practice for Cape Canaveral’s first launch of Minotaur 4 rocket
Read more →: Teams practice for Cape Canaveral’s first launch of Minotaur 4 rocketThe pathfinder vehicle stands atop Complex 46, enclosed by the mobile gantry. Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL…
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It’ll take labor and luck to spot a subtle lunar eclipse and a groovy green comet
Read more →: It’ll take labor and luck to spot a subtle lunar eclipse and a groovy green cometA penumbral lunar eclipse not quite as deep as the one we’re about to see occurred over the…
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Live coverage: SpaceX begins final launch preparations at historic launch pad
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX begins final launch preparations at historic launch padLive coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the first Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Marijuana fans mix with space fans at The Goodship Company’s Seattle SETI salon
Read more →: Marijuana fans mix with space fans at The Goodship Company’s Seattle SETI salonSETI astronomer Seth Shostak (far left) takes questions from the audience while The Goodship Company’s art director, Greg…
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Video: Watch a journey to Jupiter created by amateur astronomers around the globe
Read more →: Video: Watch a journey to Jupiter created by amateur astronomers around the globeThe Great Red Spot shows up in this frame from the “Journey to Jupiter” video. (Peter Rosén et…
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Far out, man! SETI astronomer will explain the search for aliens to potential potheads
Read more →: Far out, man! SETI astronomer will explain the search for aliens to potential potheadsSETI astronomer Seth Shostak has been seeking alien signals for more than two decades. (SETI Institute Photo) You…
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SpaceX readies rocket for tests at historic pad 39A
Read more →: SpaceX readies rocket for tests at historic pad 39AAn aerial view of launch pad 39A from late 2015. Credit: NASA SpaceX engineers are preparing to mount…
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Museum of Flight gets intact moon rocket engine to go with beat-up Apollo artifacts
Read more →: Museum of Flight gets intact moon rocket engine to go with beat-up Apollo artifactsAn Apollo-era F-1 rocket engine arrives on a flatbed truck. (Museum of Flight Photo) When historic rocket engine…
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Blue lightning caught on video from space
Read more →: Blue lightning caught on video from spaceAn image captured from the International Space Station shows an electrical discharge known as a blue jet shooting…
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China’s Hi-res SAR Imaging Satellite Put into Use
Read more →: China’s Hi-res SAR Imaging Satellite Put into UseBEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) — China’s first high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite has passed all its in-orbit…