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Inflatable Spacecraft Technology

NASA Mulls Inflatable Heat Shield for Mars Spacecraft

They believe the design could help slow the spacecraft as it encounters Mars' atmosphere.

Quadrantid meteor shower

How to Watch the First Meteor Shower of the New Year

NASA gives tips on how to watch the brilliant Quadrantid meteor shower happening this weekend.

Falcon 9 launch vehicle

Fifth SpaceX Cargo Mission set for January 6 Launch

Falcon 9's first stage will land in an upright touchdown on a robotic barge floating on the Atlantic Ocean.

The Dawn spacecraft

Dawn Spacecraft Closes in on Water Planet Ceres

NASA readies its Dawn probe set to uncover new mysteries abouyt thedwarf planet, Ceres.

Curiosity Mars Rover

NASA's Opportunity Rover is Suffering from 'Memory Loss'

Opportunity is currently experiencing flash memory disorders.

Galaxy IC 335

Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Aging Galaxy

The lenticular galaxy has a thin stellar disk and is 60 million light years away from Earth.

ISS Research Explorer app

NASA Launches New App that Explores the ISS

Users can explore the app and see specific experiments located in categories and subcategories.

Dwarf Planet Ceres

NASA Dawn Probe Could Verify if Dwarf Planet Ceres Can Support LIfe

A probe from NASA is expected to enter the orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres and study the object like never before. Several researchers say that the planet is capable of supporting life as we know it.

Comet 67P

Here's Why Comet 67P Looks Like a Duck

Comet 67P has an odd look because of erosion or a collision or both.

Kepler space telescope

NASA's Kepler Discovers Oldest Known Earth-Mass Planets

An ancient metal-poor star harbors five terrestrial-mass planets whose origin dates back to the dawn of the Milky Way.

Falcon 9 launch vehicle

NASA Selects Four Private Companies as Commercial Partners

The firms were selected under NASA's Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities (CCSC ) initiative.

Mars

Scientists Find a Cheaper Way to Travel to Mars

Ballistic capture is also known as low-energy transfer.

Dwarf galaxy Kks3

Hubble Discovers New Dwarf Galaxy Neighbor

Meet the new neighbor galaxy of Milky Way.

X-ray portrait of the sun

NASA's NuStar Takes its First X-Ray Portrait of the Sun

NASA said the first image covers the so-called west limb of the Sun.

Solar flare

The Sun Lights-up the Sky with Solar Flares

This stunning holiday flare was a potentially dangerous wave of solar activity.

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