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Russia's recent threat to leave the space station by 2020 was in fact the original plan.
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Space babies get major vertigo on Earth after a microgravity childhood.
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Today in pretty space pics: the asteroid Vesta, captured in all its multicolored glory by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The colors,...
Russia’s Phobos-Grunt Mission to Mars is Stuck in Earth Orbit After Engines Fail to Fire
Engineers have three days to save the craft before its batteries run out
Video: NASA Is Working On a Tractor Beam That Can Reel in Particles with Light
NASA may be temporarily out of the manned spaceflight game, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t preparing to realize all...
Inside FAST, Soon to be the World’s Biggest and Baddest Radio Telescope
Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory will soon be the world’s largest radio telescope no more. After years of planning, China has...
As the $5 Billion James Webb Telescope Goes, So Goes the Future of Space Science
As the pieces of the James Webb Space Telescope – the next-gen replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope – come...
Space-Sailing Data Clippers Could Ferry Huge Amounts of Scientific Data Around the Solar System
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