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  • #martianmonkeys

    Monkeys May Be the First Primates Headed to Mars

    Monkeys made it into space before humans ever broke the atmosphere, and now they might beat us to Mars. Russia is considering a program to train monkeys to work with robots for the long flight to Mars. More »
    12/22/09
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #chartporn

    50 Years, 200 Missions, One Enormous Map

    Have trouble keeping track of the nearly 200 past and current missions to explore our solar system and beyond? National Geographic's elegant infographic displays 50 years of space exploration in a colorful map of our planetary neighbors. More »
    10/12/09
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #venus

    Forget Mars — Russia Sets Its Sights on Venus

    While other space programs are sending probes to explore the surface of Mars or the moon, Russian scientists have their eyes on another target: Venus, a planet last explored by Soviet scientists over two decades ago. More »
    10/07/09
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #spaceexploration

    Earth to Mars in 39 Days

    A six-month space journey away, Mars often seems an almost impossible planet to reach. But engineers are developing a new engine that could turn six months to six weeks, bringing the Red Planet much, much closer than ever before. More »
    07/27/09
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #mooniversary

    Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

    Last friday, at the National Museum of the USAF, the Apollo 11 astronauts participated in a panel discussion about their historic Moon landing. They spent a good portion of the discussion, however, not on the Moon — but Mars. More »
    07/20/09
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    By Stephen Goldmeier
  • #spacedisasters

    Warp Drive Could Suck Our Entire Planet Into A Black Hole

    06/12/09
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  • #spaceday

    Celebrate Space Day With The Shuttle Astronauts And An ISS Webcam

    Today is the 12th Annual Space Day, an event that's jointly hosted by NASA and Lockheed Martin, held each year on the first of May. This year's theme is titled : 'Celebrating Human Space Flight: Past, Present and Future'. More »
    05/01/09
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    By Andrew Liptak
  • #spacepornographers

    Pack Your SPF-5 Billion: We're Going To The Sun!

    We're sending not one, but two probes to the sun in the next few years. Hopefully making first contact with the super-hot aliens who have been watching us from inside the solar coronas. Gallery below. More »
    04/29/09
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    By Charlie Jane Anders
  • #greatmomentsinspacehistory

    This day in 1970: Apollo 13 Returns Home

    04/17/09
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  • #lunarexploration

    Apollo 16: Man, we're on our way!

    Those were the words of Charlie Duke, the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 16, which launched 37 years ago today. More »
    04/16/09
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    By Andrew Liptak
  • #spaceexploration

    China Lands on the Moon - Sort of

    On Sunday, the Chinese space program announced that their satellite, Chang'e-I, ended its 16 month mapping mission with a planned crash on the lunar surface, destroying the craft. More »
    03/03/09
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    By Andrew Liptak
  • #spaceexploration

    A New Explanation For Why We'll Never Visit Other Suns

    Pessimism about our spacefaring future has become fashionable these days — people point to our limited lifespans and energy resources. But the World Of Technology blog just posted an argument I haven't seen before. More »
    01/16/09
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    By Charlie Jane Anders
  • #spaceexploration

    Mercury, We Love You But You're Bringing Us Down

    10/03/08
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  • #spacemadness

    Three Ways To Keep Astronauts from Going Crazy In Space

    08/15/08
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  • #spacecolonization

    US Army Sargeant Volunteers Unit to be First Colonial Marines

    04/29/08
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  • smokey.jpg#spaceexploration

    The Future Of Space Exploration?

    Black smoke belches out of a grinding old engine as it hauls Russia's latest Soyuz space capsule across a Kazakh wasteland, while armed guards keep watch. This mixture of high and low technology is probably the future of space exploration, as resources get scarcer and more small governments and independent operators get into the space game. More images of Soyuz in the wasteland, and its launch to the International Space Station, below. More »
    04/09/08
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    By Charlie Jane Anders
  • #poll

    How Should We Fund Space Exploration?

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