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Latest News About NASA's Space Launch System
NASA has picked the design for its next big rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). This heavy-lift booster will carry humans farther than they've ever been, to an asteroid, Mars and beyond.
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The test capsule will be assembled at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Skywatcher Tunc Tezel captures the Virgo constellation and more in this view from Turkey.
The plane crossed in front of the bright stars of Orion.
NASA will detail work to revamp its Mars exploration program today at 1 p.m. ET.
The plan will use a Russian rocket to launch the European Space Agency's ExoMars Mars mission.
The movie voice of the leader of the Transformers (Peter Cullen) narrates this NASA promotional film.
Lunar halos are caused when light passes through ice crystals formed in clouds in Earth's atmosphere.
Rigel and Betelgeuse are easy to spot, and reveal even more through a telescope or binoculars.
President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal for NASA offers only a modest cut overall, but bites deep into Mars funding and planetary science.
See a rundown provided by the White House depicting the major highlights of President Obama's proposed 2013 budget for NASA.
Money to explore new technology, but not that much for science: an overview of the Agency's annual ammunition.
The agency's planetary science programs suffer a 20 percent cut in the budget for fiscal year 2013.
See a rundown provided by the White House depicting the major highlights of President Obama's proposed 2013 budget for NASA.
A programming error caused the crash of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, according to an investigation.
An outpost near the lunar far side could enable robotic exploration of the moon.
Funding cuts will probably force NASA to withdraw from the European-led ExoMars missions.
See artist's illustrations of potential gateway stations for deep space exploration.
NASA is close to announcing its intention to pull out of the European-led ExoMars mission, according to reports.
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