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The launch service provider Arianespace confirmed late Friday (Aug. 22) that two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation network were released into the wrong orbit after launching aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Gui...

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India’s maiden foray to Mars is now just one month out from the Red Planet and closing in fast on the final stages of the history making rendezvous culminating on September 24, 2014. As of Aug. 22, 2014, the Mars Orbit...

CosmoQuest hosted a Google Hangout with Google Lunar XPRIZE team from Israel SpaceIL. Learn how they've risen to become a major Moon effort, their plans, and how they remain dedicated to inspiring people to get involved ...

Drawing a crowd for a series of lectures on astronomy isn't easy -- unless, of course, you have alcohol on your side.

Test of rocket designed to land back on Earth after missions goes awry as spacecraft explodes during launch. Exact malfunction not clear, rocket maker SpaceX says.

Kids these days. When I was wee lad, we had Bugs Bunny, and we liked it (because it's brilliant). But these whippersnappers now have this Animaniacs stuff, with the Yakko and the Wakko and the Dot. Buuuuuut, Yakko did si...

On August 24th, 1989, the Voyager 2 spacecraft rendezvoused with Neptune, making it the farthest planet to pose for a close-up, a record it still holds today.       --