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Last Man to Walk on Moon Dies at 82

Reuters 17/01/2017

Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the...

SpaceX Launches First Rocket Months After Florida Failure

John Antczak 15/01/2017

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from California...

Cutting NASA Earth Observations Would Be a Costly Mistake

David Titley 04/12/2016

A retired rear admiral warns Donald Trump against cutting...

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India’s First Private Moon Rover Will Launch One Week Before $30m Deadline

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/11/2016

TeamIndus was founded in 2010 to become the first...

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Twelve Years and Three US Presidents Later, a Science Debate Is Still a Pipe-Dream

Binit Priyaranjan 09/10/2016

Why won't the two candidates vying for the most...

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off on from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

NASA Launches its First Probe to Collect Asteroid Samples

Irene Klotz 09/09/2016

Scientists believe asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth...

This artist's concept shows the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism or TAGSAM. The mission aims to return a sample of Bennu's surface coating to Earth for study as well as return detailed information about the asteroid and it's trajectory. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Asteroid-Bound OSIRIS-REx Set to Begin New Quest for Life’s Origins

Sandhya Ramesh 07/09/2016

The ambitious seven-year mission will visit the asteroid Bennu...