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An Insider’s Biography of a Celebrity Mars Rover
The chief engineer for Curiosity offers a peek at the NASA rover’s tumultuous rise to stardom in a new tell-all book
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The Case for Sending Women to Mars
Because women are smaller than men, they’re cheaper to send into space
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India’s Space Agency Made It to Mars on the First Try
India’s Mangalyaan orbiter dropped into orbit around Mars last night
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Mars Just Got a New Robotic Explorer
NASA’s MAVEN orbiter dropped into orbit last night
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SpaceX and Boeing Will Be NASA Astronauts’ New Ride Come 2017
Commercial companies could take over as early as 2017
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Four Handy Tips for Growing Your Garden on Mars
Is it possible to have a green thumb on the Red Planet? Perhaps, after you’ve mastered a few space gardening tricks
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What Idea From Science Fiction Would You Most Like To See Become Reality?
Astronomers, writers and an astronaut weigh in with some interesting answers
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Delay-Plagued Virgin Galactic Finds Itself Delayed, Again
It will be hard for Virgin Galactic to fly by 2015 without a fully tested rocket engine
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Meet the Newly Approved Rocket That Will Take People To Mars
The approval of the Space Launch System is an important step for NASA
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Help NASA Out by Looking at Beautiful Pictures of Space
NASA wants your help identifying astronauts’ photos of the earth
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Imagine Living on Mars In One of These Structures
You could call an acropolis, pyramid or beehive home
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Hear How Robin Williams Woke Up the Space Shuttle Discovery Crew in 1988
The actor and comedian provided a special message for astronauts during the first flight after the Challenger disaster
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Watch Video From NASA’s “Flying Saucer” Test
The LDSD test on June 28 went well, and more tests are expected to run next year
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Rosetta Satellite Is the First to Ever Orbit a Comet
It’s been a long trip, but Rosetta has finally reached its destination
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Looking Back at NASA’s Strange Mobile Lunar Laboratory
Unfortunately, the odd-looking MOLAB remained earthbound
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In Microgravity, Some Snakes Tie Themselves in Knots, Others Attack Themselves
Some animals just don’t know how to deal when gravity goes away
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There’s No Laundry in Space, So NASA is Trying to Make Clothes That Don’t Get Smelly
Astronauts got a shipment of fresh, hopefully odor-resistant gym clothes
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What Does It Feel Like to Be Told You’ll Be the First Man on the Moon?
A new book describes the conversation when NASA boss Deke Slayton told Neil Armstrong he would lead Apollo 11
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This Rover Drives Under Ice And Could Explore Extraterrestrial Oceans
By driving on the underside of ice, this device can explore difficult-to-access waters on Earth, and possibly beyond.
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