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The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday (Aug. 6). If all goes according to plan, Rosetta will on that day become the first probe ever to...

As we remember the 45th anniversary of Earth's historic 1st manned lunar landing last week by America's Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969, it's likewise well worth recalling NASA's pioneer...

We’re finally getting to know the icy nucleus behind comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. For all the wonder that comets evoke, we on Earth never see directly what whips up the coma and tail. Even professional telescopes c...

Russian scientists will focus on Moon and Mars exploration and repeat the Phobos-Grunt mission in the next decade, Space Research Institute Director Lev Zeleny said on Saturday. "The Moon and Mars are our priority for 20...

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I'm fascinated by geology, especially when seen from above. Pictures from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are a favorite, and I particularly like images of gullies in crater walls; something is flowing down them, though ...

Bringing man to Mars isn't going to happen until 2030 so for now NASA is gearing up to send the Mars 2020, fitting the rover with seven high-tech instrument for exploring the Red Planet.

After a decade-long quest spanning six billion kilometres (3.75 billion miles), a European probe will come face to face Wednesday with a comet, one of the Solar System's enigmatic wanderers.