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Have Your Say on Mars Exploration, NASA Urges

By Tereza Pultarova on June 18, 2012

Interested in Mars? Fascinated by the possibility of a human landing or a sample return from the Red Planet? Have a brand new idea for how to detect... Read more →

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Open Source Cubesat Next Phase in DIY Space Access

By Merryl Azriel on June 18, 2012

NanoSatisfi's Peter Platzer holds a prototype ArduSat board, including the master controller, sensor suite, and camera (Credits: Evan... Read more →

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X-37B’s Return to Earth Steals Some of Shenzhou-9’s Thunder

By Michael J. Listner on June 17, 2012

Credits: USAF/Boeing. Thanks to Leonard David for providing photo. Emerging from the shadow of Shenzhou-9's triumphant launch, the USAF X-37B... Read more →

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Shenzhou-9 in Orbit, Ready to Dock

By Merryl Azriel on June 17, 2012

Shenzhou-9' taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang (Credits: Xinhua). On June 16, China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully launched... Read more →

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Shenzhou-9 Has a Crew and Is Ready for Launch

By Pedro Vaz Teixeira on June 16, 2012

  Liu Yang, China's first female astronaut, at training in Beijing in April, 2012. She is now slated to become the first female taikonaut... Read more →

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500 Meter Asteroid Breezes by Earth

By Staff Writers on June 15, 2012

Asteroid 2012 LZ1 was discovered on the evening of June 10 2012, just a few days before its June 14 closest approach. Although technically on the... Read more →