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The Hidden Glaciers Of Mars
Universe Today - 15 Oct 2016 00:20
New photos taken by the Mars Express probe reveal evidence of buried glaciers in a region that separates the planet's southern highlands and the northern lowlands. The post The Hidden Glaciers Of Mars appeared first on U...
Antares Raised to Launch Position for Sunday Night Launch to ISS
Universe Today - 15 Oct 2016 05:54
After a two year stand down, an upgraded commercial Antares rocket was rolled out to the NASA Wallops launch pad on Virginia's eastern shore and raised to its launch position today in anticipation of a spectacular Sunday...
Engine Problems Delay Juno Engine Burn at Jupiter
SpaceRef - 15 Oct 2016 18:15
Mission managers for NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have decided to postpone the upcoming burn of its main rocket motor originally scheduled for Oct. 19....
The Week's Most Viewed --From Rising Sea Levels to Messages to Alien Civilizations
The Daily Galaxy - 15 Oct 2016 16:03
Mars' "Death Star" Moon, Phobos --The Solar System's Clue to Our Surviving a Deadly Earth-Bound Asteroid StarTalk Radio With Neil deGrasse Tyson --"The Epic Discovery of Gravitational Waves" (LISTEN)\ Our Neighbor Star P...
Europe's Mars Mission --"Will It Be the First to Observe Life on a Planet Other than Earth?"
The Daily Galaxy - 15 Oct 2016 15:43
Thirteen years after its first, failed attempt to place a rover on Mars, Europe reaches a crucial stage Sunday in a fresh quest to scour the Red Planet for signs of life, this time with Russia. Mission controllers will i...
"The Missing Apollo Footprints" --Our Moon's Surface --A Landscape of Constant Renewal
The Daily Galaxy - 15 Oct 2016 15:16
In some 80,000 years (or next month or two years ago), footprints and tracks of the Apollo Mission astronauts will have been completely erased. The Moon's surface is being "gardened" -- churned by small impacts -- more t...
How to Follow Europe's Mars Arrival and Landing Online
SPACE.com - 15 Oct 2016 13:00
The European-led ExoMars mission is scheduled to drop a probe onto the surface of the Red Planet, and you can watch live mission updates on Oct. 16, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20.
Fire in Space and Other Experiments Launch to Space Station Sunday
SPACE.com - 15 Oct 2016 13:00
A spacecraft carrying cargo to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch Sunday (Oct. 16), and it's packed full of new science experiments.
Hubble Sees Cassiopeia's Unusual Resident NGC 278
SpaceRef - 15 Oct 2016 02:19
This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, shows a spiral galaxy named NGC 278....
Materials Experiments On The International Space Station
SpaceRef - 15 Oct 2016 02:12
When you need tools or parts for something you're working on around the house, you head to the nearest hardware store....
Mission Prepares for Next Jupiter Pass
PTTU - 15 Oct 2016 01:33
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: