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Soyuz Spacecraft Re-Entry Mishaps Force Fix: What Went Wrong

ONLINE UPDATE (July 8, 1:45 p.m.): On Thursday, two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station (ISS) will
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Reaction wheels are spinning, but still not being used to aim a camera at Jupiter. Project managers for NASA's Cassini
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Sitting atop a Delta 2 rocket, a NASA spacecraft is awaiting a mission to study the icy hearts of at least two comets,
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It's an exciting find for scientists studying the stars-a new weather condition adds a new variable in terms of
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A comet chaser left Earth in spectacular fashion on January 12 and, despite a minor glitch, is now on a collision
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Pioneer 10 photographed Jupiter in December 1973. Thirty years to the day after it was launched, NASA's Pioneer 10
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NASA's return to Mars began with a perfect launch on April 7 as a Delta 2 rocket sent the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft
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Micrometeorites and undetectable bits of space junk as small as 0.4 mm pose a serious threat to every current and
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If approved, the AWIMR robot would be ready in 2008. Can you tell us on what types of vehicles it would be used? There'
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