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Mars Rover Opportunity Breaks NASA Record and Keeps On Truckin'
Gabriel Rodriguez in Space 5 days ago
This week the Mars rover Opportunity broke a 40-year-old NASA record and is poised to shatter the overall world record in longest off-road off-planet drive ever.
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NASA Spacewalk: See Live Tweets From An Emergency Space Station Repair
Gabriel Rodriguez in Space 2 weeks ago
In a rare unplanned emergency spacewalk, astronauts fixed an ammonia cooling system link. The spacewalk was planned and executed in record time.
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Solar Eclipse: When and Where to Watch the Annular Eclipse Over Australia On Friday
The annular eclipse happening now, over Western Australia and islands in the Southern Pacific. Watch it live online.
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Solar Eclipse 2013: Best Viewing Time On Thursday and Friday
Aubrey Bloomfield in Space 2 weeks ago
Here are five things to look out for in the night sky this week, including the first solar eclipse of 2013.
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Mars One: Meet the Private Companies Dominating the Future Of Space Exploration
Roger Pattison in Space 2 weeks ago
Purely, government-driven, space exploration is a thing of the past. However, private companies are stepping up to take us to where no man has gone before.
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Meet the 15-Year-Old Girl Who Will Probably Be the First Astronaut On Mars
Yumi Araki in Space 3 weeks ago
Abigail Harrison uses social media to achieve her goal of becoming the first astronaut on Mars, and PolicyMic recently chatted with her about it.
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Coronal Mass Ejection: NASA Records a Giant Solar Wave On May Day
Aubrey Bloomfield in Space 3 weeks ago
NASA has captured video of a gigantic rolling solar wave, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), erupting from the sun over a two and a half hour period on May Day.
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Virgin Galactic Goes Supersonic In First Rocket Test
Andrea Ayres-Deets in Space 3 weeks ago
One giant step for Richard Branson's ego and another equally giant step for commercial space travel.
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