David Powell
David Powell is a space reporter and Space.com contributor from 2006 to 2008, covering a wide range of astronomy and space exploration topics. Powell's Space.com coveage range from the death dive of NASA's Cassini spacecraft into Saturn to space debris and lunar exploration.
Latest articles by David Powell

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With no atmospheric barrier to shield the Moon's surface, NASA is now taking steps to prevent a similar accumulation of debris in lunar orbit.

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The names of millions of individuals sit on Mars or cling to an asteroid. And more will go up soon.

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It's possible to detect a moon orbiting a known exoplanet, says astrophysicist.

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A network of lunar satellites could help future moonwalkers.

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Videos of moon landings reveal that the process was anything but gentle.

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Remastered moon photos 40 provide invaluable moon mission information.
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In space, the illusion that we see things in real time falters.

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Martian meteorites provide new evidence that Mars was once a wet world.

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Mysterious lashes of light on the moon caused by spouts of leaking gas.
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New research into the chemical composition of starscould identify our Sun’s long lost family and begin to unravel the complex history of our galaxy.

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Newly reprocessed images of the Moon’s far side show features that have since become familiar.
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Earthly microbes are headed out into the galaxy on four old rockets.

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Saturn's icy moon Dione may have much in common with its active sibling Enceladus.

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Neptune may be escorted in its orbit by thousands of asteroid-like objects, perhaps more than exist in the entire asteroid belt.
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