Outer Space
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Fifty Years Ago Today, the First Communications Satellite Was Launched Into Space
On this date in 1962, Telstar was launched, ushering in a new era of communications technology
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Top Ten Mysteries of the Universe
What are those burning questions about the cosmos that still baffle astronomers today?
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Timothy Ferris on Voyagers' Never-Ending Journey
With the spacecraft poised to leave our solar system, the writer who helped compile the time capsules they carry reflects on our foray into outer space
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Voyager Probes Not Out of the Solar System Just Yet
New data show that nearly 35 years after their launches, NASA's Voyager probes are now at the outermost reaches of the solar system
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What Is on Voyager’s Golden Record?
From a whale song to a kiss, the time capsule sent into space in 1977 had some interesting contents
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Space Garbage: The Dark Cloud Above
A mass of debris from satellites and space missions is orbiting our planet—and it may be growing all the time
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A Holiday Angel Among the Stars
The star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 bears a certain resemblance, particularly during this time of year
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A Comet’s Close Call
Scientists predicted that Comet Lovejoy would collide with the Sun
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The Latest Destination for Human Spaceflight
The latest proposed destination for human space missions illustrates the essential hollowness of the current direction of our civil space program
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Curious About Curiosity? What to Read on the Mars Science Laboratory
The traveling science laboratory launched successfully on Saturday and is scheduled to touch down on the red planet in August 2012
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Name That Telescope
The Very Large Array needs a new, more exciting name
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Readers Respond: Why I Like Science
Science is the partner of art and the quest for truth
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Your Guide to the Falling Satellite
Hear from an Air and Space Museum expert on what to expect from tonight's satellite impact
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Faraway Planet is Blackest Yet Found
The planet, TrES-2b, is a gas giant about the size of Jupiter. But that's where the similarities end
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Wernher von Braun's V-2 Rocket
Although the Nazi "vengeance weapon" was a wartime failure, it ushered in the space age
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On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard Went to Outer Space and Came Home
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first American in space
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