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OTD In Space - May 11: Final Hubble Servicing Mission Launches
On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA's Dragonfly passes key test. A look at its upcoming mission to Saturn's moon
NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the ...
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Eerie Apollo 11 photo of Earth taken by ‘most isolated astronaut in the universe’ has people freaking out
On July 20, 1969, the world watched on as the US made space history with its ambitious Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and ...
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OMEGA Is Moonstruck As It Celebrates 60 Years Of NASA Qualification
History lesson, fam! On the 1st of March 1965, NASA declared the OMEGA Speedmaster to be “Flight Qualified for all Manned ...
13 Of The Fastest Human-Made Objects To Ever Enter Space
From solar probes to deep space missions, these record-breaking human-made objects reached speeds that make bullets and jets ...
NASA May Accelerate Mars Mission Timeline Following Trump Budget Proposal
NASA is considering launching missions to Mars as early as next year in an effort to expedite its plan to land astronauts on ...
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What it's like inside the Sistine Chapel, where the papal conclave is being held
This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. What's it like inside and how ...
SpaceX rocket launch recap: Live updates from Starlink mission May 6 from Cape Canaveral
Live updates from Tuesday night’s SpaceX Starlink 6-93 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space ...
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Soviet spacecraft coming back to Earth
A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos 482 probe was intended to reach Venus, however, it never got to its ...