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Mars Rover Opportunity Emerges From Winter Doldrums, Gets Back On MoveWith the darkest days of the Martian winter now over, NASA took its Opportunity Mars Rover for a drive this week. The rover had been stationary while its solar panels lacked enough sunlight to power its batteries.SPACE
VIDEO: Space Out With NASA's 'Walking On Air'Time lapse sequences photographed by the crew of the International Space Station take viewers around the world and past a stunning selection of auroras, lightning and other natural displays. |
What Space Miners Will Know: Flying Over An AsteroidFlying over an AsteroidPictures Of The Supermoon, As The Whole World Saw ItSaturday's bigger, brighter moon inspired some beautiful photos.Look Up: Tonight, 'Supermoon' Is Closer To EarthThe full moon tonight occurs when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit around Earth.
Expect the best time for photos just after sunset Saturday.
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Tech Entrepreneurs Bet Big On Asteroid Mining
The idea of exploiting the natural resources on asteroids has been around for more than a century. But a new company called Planetary Resources has the financial backing of some big names in high tech, and hopes to launch specially-designed prospecting spacecraft within two years. - READ MORELights Off, Eyes Open: New Moon Darkens Skies For Meteor Shower
The Lyrids aren't known for their flashy shows, but this year they're getting some help. The height of the showers is expected Sunday morning before dawn, and darker skies will make viewing more exciting. - READ MORE
Aboard 747, Shuttle Discovery To Make Final Flight
The first of NASA's retired space shuttles will make its way to it's new retirement home on April 17. The well-traveled orbiter will be flown low over the nation's capital before being placed on permanent display at the Smithsonian. - READ MOREA Silver Lining When Rockets Fail In The Clouds
Robert Siegel speaks with Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, about what can be learned from rocket failures like North Korea's. - READ MOREIt's Called 'As Hard As Rocket Science' For A Reason
The history of rocket launches is filled with failure, but out of those failures came knowledge that helped lead to success, experts note. The question is whether North Korea's latest failure will put it on a successful path. - READ MOREEarth Has Just One Moon, Right? Think Again
Everybody knows that there's just one Moon orbiting the Earth. But a new study by a team of astronomers concludes that everybody is dead wrong about that. Tiny mini-moons, just a few feet across, make regular orbits around the planet. But they don't stick around very long — they're easily pulled away by the gravity of neighboring planets. - READ MORE
Weekend Special: What It's Like To Soar Into Space, Then Crash To Earth
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be hurled into the sky, straight up, past the clouds, into starry space, and then, just like that — you slip and start to fall? What would it sound like? Look like? - READ MOREDebris Makes Space Station Astronauts Hunker Down
A discarded chunk of a Russian rocket forced six space station astronauts to seek shelter in escape capsules early Saturday, but passed safely in front of it. It was the third time in 12 years that astronauts have had to seek shelter from space junk. - READ MOREMessenger Probe Sends Back New Data From Mercury
Researchers are finding surprises in data from the planet nearest the Sun. Among them: a crater with a base that's been lifted up higher than the rim, and new details on Mercury's core. - READ MORE
Venus And Jupiter Reach Peak Brightness
Kelly Beatty, Senior Contributing Editor for Sky and Telescope magazine, talks to Melissa Block about the brightness and close proximity of Jupiter and Venus. - READ MORE
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