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U.S. military and commercial satellites highly vulnerable to Beijing’s anti-satellite missiles, killer robot satellites
Recently, a not-for-profit organization known as Mars One released the list of 1,058 applicants who could be selected for colonization on Mars.
Since Earth is the only known inhabited planet and we happen to live here, it’s only natural to regard it as the ideal place for life to exist, and to assume that another life-bearing planet would be fairly similar.
China's first moon rover and lander are revealed in amazing detail in stunning new panoramic images stitched together from recent photos from the country's Chang'e 3 lunar mission.
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THIS IS JUST CREEPY. A mystery rock on Mars that suddenly appeared in front of NASA's Opportunity rover may look like a tasty donut, but it is like nothing ever seen on the Martian surface before.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested its G-FOLD divert algorithm experimental landing system aboard the Masten rocket in Sept. 2013. This algorithm allows the rocket to autonomously select an alternate landing site.
U.S. scientists say they're working on mini-satellites that could function as "space cops" to help avoid collisions in space of satellites and space debris.
The concept of stardust is a magical one, even if its actual definition is more mundane.
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The largest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres, is shooting out wisps of water at a prodigious rate. This unexpected finding allows Ceres to join other small bodies in the solar system, including Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moon Europa, as
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Rosetta had to reboot itself twice, giving engineers a small scare.
After a 10-year journey, Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is due to end its hibernation on Monday and prepare for an unprecedented mission to orbit a comet and dispatch a lander to the surface.
The comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft successfully woke up Monday (Jan. 20) for its encounter with Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko later this year. Read our full wrap story here: Sleeping Rosetta Spacecraft Wakes Up for Historic Comet Rendezvous and L
The Dragon test article successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean in December. The parachute deployment system was evaluated as part of their Commercial Crew Integrated Capability agreement with NASA.
A stunning new video lets viewers ride along on last-week's record-breaking test flight of Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceliner SpaceShipTwo.
Scientists are saying that the Sun is in a phase of "solar lull" - meaning that it has fallen asleep - and it is baffling them.
Japanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tonnes of planetary clutter, they said Thursday.
The Rosetta spacecraft is due to wake up on the morning of January 20 after an 18-month hibernation in deep space.. When it arrives, it will set about performing a maneuver that has never been done before: landing on a comet’s surface.
Technology will see lunar soil layers built up in a pre-determined design System will work like a giant 3D printer using a nozzle and moveable gantry Could create curved walls and architecture that is 'exotic' and 'beautiful' Aside from buildings
As I ascended the stairs to the second floor of Utah's Mars Desert Research Station, something struck me as strange: the lights were off and the crew was quiet at what was usually a busy time — 5 p.m.
Astronomer Ian Musgrave joins the VCteam & Dr Astro to discuss the remnants of comet Ison & coming eclipses/occultations of Saturn/meteor shower.
2014 may not seem like the future anymore, but it's going to be the very first year that humanity will have deployed a commercial sub-orbital transportation system, which is a pretty darn futuristic thing to have going on.
On the ground, astronauts will be expected to explore extreme environments like the Olympus Mons, a volcano the size of Arizona that’s nearly three times the height of Mount Everest. Suits will need to be easier to don and doff, provide greater freed
Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo hits a speed of Mach 1.4 as Richard Branson’s dream of a commercial spaceliner moves a major step closer to reality.
Military studying new system of smaller, survivable satellites
In science fiction, from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Ender’s Game, astronauts zip around zero-g environments clad in stylish, skin-tight spacesuits. In reality, outfits designed for outer space are bulky, hard to maneuver, and have all the charm of adul
Commercial space company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has launched a second satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit.