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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Finally Reaches Its Target Destination: Mount Sharp

Ana Verayo |

Sep 12, 2014 08:56 AM EDT

The space agency confirmed Curiosity's trek up the mountain will start with an examination of its entry point.

Mars' Rover Finally Reaches Key Research Point

Cory Doyle |

Sep 11, 2014 05:55 PM EDT

NASA announced early Thursday morning that the Mars rover Curiosity has reached the base of Mount Sharp. This has been a long-term science destination toward which the rover has been heading for the last two years.

Saturn's F Ring Gives Birth To and Destroys Its Own Moonlets in a Never-ending Cycle

Ana Verayo |

Sep 11, 2014 12:08 PM EDT

Mountain sized moonlets form and destroy quickly in a span of a few days in Saturn's F-ring outskirts due to Saturn's gravitational forces.

Space: China Planetary Congress Boosts Exploration Cooperation

Ana Verayo |

Sep 07, 2014 10:22 PM EDT

The conference's theme is "Cooperation: To Realize Humanity's Space Dream Together"."

Artist rendition of NASA's apparatus to 'lasso' moving asteroids.

NASA Builds Apparatus To Catch Speeding Asteroids

Cory Doyle |

Sep 06, 2014 11:11 PM EDT

NASA recently unveiled a plan to contribute nearly $18 billion to continue major space exploration projects that are currently making progress. This also includes the funding for a daring new mission to actually capture fast-moving asteroids. The device will then transport the asteroid to a suitable location in space so astronauts can then explore and analyze it.

A combination photo taken by Japan's space probe Hayabusa and released by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on November 29, 2005.

Japan Unveils Mining Asteroid Probe Hayabusa-2

Ana Verayo |

Sep 05, 2014 08:48 AM EDT

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, this week unveiled its new mining asteroid probe, Hayabusa-2 at its Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture spcae facility.

Asteroid to Fly by Earth on Sunday [Video]

Kizha T. Trovillas |

Sep 04, 2014 02:41 AM EDT

The space rock dubbed "2014 RC" will make its closest approach to Earth on Sept. 7.

NASA Building an Air Traffic Control System for Drones

Ana Verayo |

Sep 04, 2014 12:06 AM EDT

NASA proposes a system that concentrates on airspace just 400 to 500 feet above the ground.

NASA Wants Your Tweets and Instagram Photos for a Space Time Capsule

Ana Verayo |

Sep 03, 2014 10:17 AM EDT

NASA welcomes messages from tweets to pics about space exploration in a time capsule asteroid mission that will launch in 2016 and return to Earth in 2023.

Fixing Opportunity's Memory will Add Years to the Rover's Life on Mars

Kat De Guzman |

Sep 02, 2014 05:38 AM EDT

Opportunity has explored Mars for exactly 10 years and eight months.

Is There Pizza In Space? NASA Answers, Yes!

Dino Lirios |

Sep 02, 2014 03:15 AM EDT

Scientists have turned to technology to not only fill in the nutrition and sustenance gap.

U.S.to Land Humans on Mars in 2030

Staff Reporter |

Aug 30, 2014 01:23 AM EDT

NASA is fully committed to the scientific and human exploration in Mars

Help NASA Identify Photos of Cities Taken from Space

Dino Lirios |

Aug 24, 2014 05:53 AM EDT

NASA has turned to the citizens of the world because computers and algorithms can't differentiate between stars, cities, objects, and astronomical object like the moon.

NASA Deciding on Future Spacecraft

Dino Lirios |

Aug 23, 2014 06:40 PM EDT

NASA is in the process of deciding the next vehicles to use for the future of getting astronauts to space. The decision will be rendered any time between now and September with the possibility of two to three companies getting contracts.