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MRO Catches Curiosity Parachute Blowing in the Wind

By Staff Writers on April 4, 2013

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera has captured seven images over five months of the parachute that slowed Curiosity's descent on... Read more →

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Swiss Space System May Build Rocket Plane, Spaceport in Europe

By Matteo Emanuelli on April 4, 2013

S3 unmanned shuttle's flight plan (Credits: Swiss Space System). Swiss Space System (S3) has announced a plan to build an unmanned rocket plane... Read more →

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Seth Green Talks Microgravity on Conan

By Staff Writers on April 3, 2013

Actor Seth Green put in an appearance on the Conan O'Brien show on March 28 to talk about an upcoming movie...but instead spent most of his visit... Read more →

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Kazakhstan, Russia Compromise on Baikonour Launches

By Merryl Azriel on April 3, 2013

A Soyuz takes the train to the Baikonour launch pad (Credits: NASA). On April 1, Russian and Kazakh officials announced that they had reached a... Read more →

Women in Space

Pioneering Woman Rocket Scientist Remembered

By Matteo Emanuelli on April 3, 2013

Yvonne Brill, inventor of a propulsion system to help keep communications satellites from escaping their orbits in the early 1970s, died at the age... Read more →

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Xombie Makes Highest, Longest Flight

By Staff Writers on April 2, 2013

As promised, Masten Space System's Xombie campaign continued throughout March, culminating with the vertical take off vertical landing vessel's... Read more →