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Video Introduces Curiosity’s Sample Analysis Instrument

By Staff Writers on November 28, 2011

Source: NASA This video trailer introduces the mission of the SAM instrument suite aboard the Mars Science Laboratory, otherwise known as the... Read more →

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Instrument-Laden Curiosity Heads To Mars

By Staff Writers on November 28, 2011

Source NASA NASA's Mars Science Laboratory lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Nov. 26,... Read more →

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Infographic: Atomic Batteries for Deep Space Missions

By Staff Writers on November 27, 2011

For more than 50 years, NASA's robotic deep space probes have carried nuclear batteries provided by the U.S. Department of Energy. Even the crewed... Read more →

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NASA Rover Successfully Launched to Mars in Search of Life

By Stavros Georgakas on November 27, 2011

History’s most ambitious rover mission to Mars was launched by NASA on Saturday, November 26. Named Curiosity, the rover was carried by a... Read more →

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Space Debris Makes it to Hollywood

By Tereza Pultarova on November 25, 2011

Gravity will be set on the International Space Station, damaged after a collision with space debris (Credits: Filmconic). In recent times, space... Read more →

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Russian Space Agency Dismisses ISS Space Debris Risk

By Joel Spark on November 25, 2011

Despite a prediction by NASA that a piece of space debris from an inoperative Chinese weather satellite would fly dangerously close to the ISS,... Read more →