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Growing Plants in Lunar And Martian Soil

By Siddharth Raval on May 17, 2013

Is the Red Planet capable of sustaining plant growth? (Credits: NASA) For long duration space exploration missions on the Moon and Mars, growing... Read more →

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Kepler Telescope in Safe Mode After Reaction Wheel Failure

By Matteo Emanuelli on May 17, 2013

Kepler has spotted more than 2,700 potential exoplanets in 4 years (Credits: NASA). NASA’s Kepler space telescope has once again entered safe... Read more →

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A Week of Anniversaries

By Merryl Azriel on May 16, 2013

A model of Sputnik 3 hangs in the Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics (Credits: Енин Арсений). On... Read more →

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The Unpredictable End of Skylab

By Tereza Pultarova on May 16, 2013

NASA's Skylab program paved the way for the International Space Station (Credits: NASA). Putting all the information together, one might think... Read more →

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Roscosmos Neglects to Mention Loss of Military Satellite

By Matteo Emanuelli on May 16, 2013

Rockot's liftoff from Plesetsk, Northern Russia (Credits: Eurockot). The Breeze-KM Upper Stage that lifted off with a Rockot launch vehicle from... Read more →

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The Dreams and Reality of Zambia’s Space Program

By Tereza Pultarova on May 15, 2013

The 'Afronauts' photographic project is currently being exhibited in London (Credits: Cristina de Middel) It’s not only the rich and powerful... Read more →