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Dark shadows on Mars: Scene from durable NASA rover

(Phys.org) -- Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable ...

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

SpaceX rocket set to blast off, open new space era

A private company is on the verge of making history by launching a spacecraft to the International Space Station.

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created May 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

CA museum gets big gift to build shuttle exhibit

(AP) -- The California Science Museum said it has raised nearly half of the $200 million needed to build a permanent exhibit for the space shuttle Endeavour.

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Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of Earth

(AP) -- John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's administrator ...

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John Glenn to mark 50 years since orbit of Earth

(AP) -- John Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight with a series of events Monday at Ohio State University, including a celebratory dinner and a chat with the International ...

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created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Durable NASA rover beginning ninth year of Mars work

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Space Shuttle Discovery headed to the Smithsonian

(AP) -- The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is preparing to welcome the space shuttle Discovery into its collection.

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created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA spaceport breaks ground for shuttle display

NASA's retired space shuttle Atlantis is a step closer to completing its final journey.

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA rover prepares for 5th winter on Mars

NASA's lone surviving Mars rover has been busy exploring its surroundings since it rolled up to its latest crater destination four months ago. Now the solar-powered, six-wheel Opportunity is in search of ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 9

NASA signs over shuttle title to California museum

(AP) -- NASA has transferred ownership of the retired space shuttle Endeavour to a California museum.

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Video documents three-year trek on Mars by NASA rover

(PhysOrg.com) -- While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team took an end-of-drive image on ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mars rover inspects next rock at Endeavour

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is using instruments on its robotic arm to inspect targets on a rock called "Chester Lake."

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mars rover Opportunity on verge of new discovery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after Labor Day 2011, the Mars rover Opportunity was poised on the rim of the 22,000 meter-wide Endeavour Crater, preparing to sample a novel rock type. Much older than the sedimentary ...

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Deep space capsule comes alive with first weld

(PhysOrg.com) -- Construction began this week on the first new NASA spacecraft built to take humans to orbit since space shuttle Endeavour left the factory in 1991, and marked a significant milestone in carrying ...

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created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Opportunity begins study of martian crater, new samples 'unlike any seen before'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot has studied in its first 7.5 years of exploration.

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created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 28 | with audio podcast