1970s tech in interstellar space: How NASA keeps Voyagers alive against all odds
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Playing Asteroids is No Game: Humanity’s Future Could Depend on Diverting Asteroid Impacts
It isn't hyperbole to say, the survival of our species may depend on a sucessful method of preventing an asteroid ...
A brief history of Martian spacecraft and landers
For the last 60 years, humans have been sending all sorts of spacecraft to the Red Planet -- here's a ...
Japanese spacecraft takes historic selfie after landing on distant asteroid
Space history was made this week!
Four things Jules Verne got right and four he didn’t
He wasn't always right -- but he was pretty close.
Solar winds penetrate Martian atmosphere, MAVEN finds – atmospheric loss mechanism unfolds
Only weeks after it became operational around Mars' orbit, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has uncovered a new process ...
First full colour image of Comet 67P captured by Rosetta probe; meanwhile, Philae lost a leg
Only a couple of weeks ago, a historic rendezvous between the Rosetta spacecraft and Comet 67P was made after a 10-year round-trip journey of ...
China’s rover on route for the moon and first lunar landing in 40 years
In the early hours of December 2nd, China deployed its Chang’e-3 spacecraft on route for the moon after launching it via ...
The new Liberty rocket aims to bring manned space launches back on US soil by 2015
Since the space shuttle program was cancelled last year, NASA has been looking for various alternatives to sending manned crews ...
Planet orbiting around two suns found by Kepler
A remarkable discovery which turns once again turns fiction into reality, the Kepler spacecraft has found the first confirmed planet ...
NASA’s DAWN spacecraft successfully enters Vesta’s orbit. Snaps detailed photo
This weekend, NASA's DAWN spacecraft finally put a lot of tension and nerves to rest after it successfully entered Vesta's ...
Jules Verne On Track For Long Journey To ISS
A few days ago, Europe launched an impressive spacecraft, an Automated Transfer Vehicle (or ATV) which is able to transport ...
Avalanches On Mars Photographed By NASA Spacecraft
For a whole lot of time Mars has fascinated scientists, which during the time made some crazy theories, of whch ...