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Icy Martian dunes contain mysterious dark streaks in this south polar image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted fellow Martian explorer, the Mars Exploration Rover “Spirit,” inside the feature dubbed “Home Plate” in Gusev Crater.

The intrepid, long-lived rover shows up as a tiny black speck at about the 5:30 position of the lighter-colored, roughly circular [...]

                It was extremely brief but very strong, and appears to have come from about 3 billion light-years away—a light-year being the distance light travels in a year, or about 6 trillion miles.

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US shuttle Endeavour returned safely to Earth Tuesday, despite damage to its underside, after a 13-day mission in which the first teacher in space gave lessons to children back home.

“You have given a new meaning to higher education,” joked astronaut Chris Ferguson, as he welcomed back the five-man, two-woman crew including Endeavour astronaut Barbara Morgan, [...]

The Space Shuttle Endeavour was damaged last week during liftoff when a piece of foam smacked the shuttle. Now NASA has a few choices and none of them are ideal. NASA has 3 options…..

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Advanced tools for the Mars Lander that are the most advanced technology ever sent to Mars include “a mast-mounted stereo camera in order to survey the landing site, a descent camera to see the site in broader context and two microscopes.”

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