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Morpheus Flies Free in Kennedy Test |
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The first free flight of a Morpheus prototype lander was conducted Dec. 10, 2013, at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The 54-second test began with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending approximately 50 feet, then hovering for about 15 second...
Date: 2013-12-11 17:54:08 |
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Super Moon |
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Visit http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/ for the full story.
Date: 2011-03-19 17:04:12 |
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Danger of Asteroids |
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Asteroids are a scientific and economic opportunity in that they contain the original building blocks of the Solar System. They are targets for future human exploration, and may contain valuable raw materials for mining. These asteroids are also a threat in that they can pose great risk to humanity ...
Date: 2012-06-28 17:30:56 |
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Ring of Fire - Solar Eclipse |
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Some lucky early risers in parts of the northern hemisphere were met with a halo like sunrise early onJune 10, 2021. The annular solar eclipse, also known as a ‘ring of fire’ eclipse, happens when the moon moves between the earth and the sun.
Date: 2021-06-11 17:31:49 |
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Spacecraft Docks to ISS |
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Soyuz,a Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man crew blasted off Friday from a launch pad in the steppes of Kazakhstan, for the first time taking a shorter path to the International Space Station. Instead of the two-day approach maneuver used by Soyuz spacecraft in the past, this journey to the stat...
Date: 2013-03-31 16:29:29 |
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First Image of 67P |
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The robot lander Philae has sent back to Earth the first image taken on the surface of a comet more than 500 million kilometers away.
Date: 2014-11-13 15:46:57 |
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Space History Made: Rosetta Becomes First Probe to Catch Comet |
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The European spacecraft Rosetta has become the first ever to catch up with a comet. It is a landmark step in a decade-long mission that scientists hope will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system. Rosetta will accompany comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko on its trip around the sun and land ...
Date: 2014-08-06 15:00:56 |
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Exotic Planet Made of Diamonds Found in Our Milky Way Neighborhood |
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The largest diamond ever found is not on Earth, but faraway across the galaxy. It's the burned out corpse of a star named BPM 37093 only about 50 lightyears away from Earth in the region of the sky we refer to as the constellation Centaurus. The white dwarf star is a chunk of crystallized carbon t...
Date: 2011-08-28 01:26:22 |
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