NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory has begun its mission to the Red Planet Saturday, with a launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was on schedule, at the begining of the one-hour and 43 minute window, which opening at 15:02 UTC (10:02 local time).
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Ongoing work at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral is continuing to lay the…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is making progress with the build up of Mars 2020 Rover,…
As part of its increasing dedication and ramp up of activities at the red planet,…
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NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project conducted its second test on Monday – a major…
NASA is exploring a shift toward the development of technologies for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)…
NASA’s Human Architecture Team (HAT) has opted to remove supersonic parachutes as an option for landing…
Mars dominated planetary research headlines in 2014 as an international fleet of orbiters and NASA’s…
ESA’s Rosetta – and her companion spacecraft – Philae – parted ways on Wednesday, ahead…
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C/2013 A1, better known as Siding Spring, has buzzed Mars, under the close watch of…
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