Could We Recycle Orbiting Satellites?

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The U.S. Department of Defense is looking to take recycling to the final frontier with a new program called Phoenix. Phoenix would take some of the hundreds of dead satellites orbiting our planet and recycle them.

Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars

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NASA scientists celebrated the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars Monday morning. The rover touched down on the Martian surface at 1:32 a.m. EST and a peril-filled seven-minute descent.

Remembering Sally Ride

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The first female in outer space, Sally Ride, has passed away at the age of 61.  Ride, who was launched into outer space on board the space shuttle Challenger a little over 29 years ago, passed away from pancreatic cancer. Ride was part of the first class of female astronauts in 1978, a turn away [...]

Hubble Finds New Moon Around Pluto

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The Hubble space telescope has made another discovery. This time, the orbiting telescope has found a fifth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet, Pluto.

Lakes Spotted on Titan

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have sent back images of long-standing methane lakes near the equator of Saturn’s moon Titan.

Next Mars Rover On Target

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The next Mars rover Curiosity is on a target for landing on the Red Planet. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) will arrive on the planet on August 6 says NASA’s Dave Lavery. ” “Everything looks healthy,” he says, about the spacecraft launched last year. Improvement in targeting of the rover’s landing site may shave off [...]

Would You Watch a Mars-Based Reality Show?

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Could the reality series Big Brother help us colonize the planet Mars? A Dutch company is looking to created “the biggest media event ever” by sending humans to Mars starting in 2023.  The colonists would then broadcast their lives on the Red Planet 24/7 like the reality series Big Brother does. Called Mars One, the [...]

Transit of Venus Takes Place Tuesday

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Astronomers are eagerly anticipating tomorrow evening’s transit of the planet Venus across the sun. At 6:03 PM EDT Tuesday, Venus will appear as a distinct black dot, like a mole on the sun’s cheek, near sunset.

International Space Station Will Screen “The Avengers”

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While everyone on Earth has had five weeks to catch this summer’s biggest hit The Avengers, astronauts aboard the International Space Station haven’t had the luxury to run out the local multiplex to catch it. Marvel announced last week that they will upload the film to the station for those aboard to enjoy. This screening [...]

Russian Looks To Build Base On the Moon

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While humanity has been a tourist on the Moon, we’ve never been a resident. That could all change as the Russian space agency Roscosmos is looking to establish a permanent base on the Moon.

Doohan’s Ashes Launched Into Space

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Seven years after his death, actor James Doohan’s wish for his remains to be launched into space is being honored.

SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off

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After a last-second delay Saturday, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off the launchpad early Tuesday morning, bound for the International Space Station.

Space X Reschedules Launch

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After the last-minute aborting of a launch to the International Space Station over the weekend, Space X is ready to try again. The private company has re-scheduled the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket for Tuesday morning.

Sun Spot Could Hurl Flares at Earth

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A “monster sunspot” is raising the possibility that the Earth could see auroras this evening and deal with the impact of massive solar flares.

NASA Launched Suborbital Rockets

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After a couple of days delay, NASA has launched five suborbital rockets.

The rockets will study the upper level jet stream.