Posts Tagged ‘spacecraft’
 

 
NASA's Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait. (Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)

The Mars Mystique

After 50 years of missions to Mars, scientists are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding a planet that has long captivated mankind.
by Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor
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The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russia Plans Replacement For Soyuz Rocket

Russia's struggling space agency has unveiled a new program that will see the creation of a replacement for the aging Soyuz rocket by 2020.
by AFP
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Kim Jong-un watches something in the sky. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency)

North Korea Ready To Try Another Rocket Launch Carrying ‘Satellite’

North Korea will this month attempt for a second time to launch a long-range rocket carrying a satellite, the government announced Saturday.
by admin
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Space Shuttle launches grand finale

Video: All 135 Space Shuttle Launches At Once

Not long after the final space shuttle lifted off in 2011, McClean Fahnestock merged footage from all 135 launches onto one screen.
by NYCAviation Staff
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Video: US Air Force Boeing X-37B Space Plane Lands at Vandenberg Air Force Base

US Air Force footage of the secret X-37B space plane landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on June 16, 2012 at 5:48 AM local time. The plane's mission has not been disclosed.
by NYCAviation Staff
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