CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA launched four identical spacecraft Thursday on a billion-dollar mission to study the explosive give-and-take of…
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SpaceX Dragon blasts off to International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the…
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NASA declares an end to Deep Impact comet mission after spacecraft goes silent
NASA has given up on the Deep Impact spacecraft, which suddenly went silent after nine years of exploration. The space…
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Cooling pump on space station shuts down, NASA says
NASA said Wednesday it was investigating a potentially serious problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station,…
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Chinese lunar rover makes first tracks on moon, state media reports
China’s first lunar rover has successfully separated from the probe that carried it into space has and made its first…
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Cosmos may be curved, scientists say
The shape of the universe may be dramatically different than before thought, a group of researchers now says. Researchers investigating…
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Largest structure in universe discovered
Astronomers have discovered the largest known structure in the universe, a clump of active galactic cores that stretches 4 billion…
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NASA probe reveals dark side of the moon
Some parts of the moon haven’t seen the sun in millions, and even billions, of years but an unmanned NASA…
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About 250 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus (The Sea Goat) lies a star that looks awfully familiar. Known as…
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How the Columbia shuttle disaster changed spacecraft safety forever
Ten years after the devastating Columbia space shuttle accident that took the lives of seven astronauts, NASA is building a…
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