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Opportunity Breaks NASA's 40-Year Roving Record
May 16, 2013 09:14 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
After nine years of hard Mars roving, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record. Continue reading →
When (Part of) Apollo 13 Reached the Moon
May 16, 2013 11:47 AM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
Even though Apollo 13 never landed on the moon, the upper stage of it's Saturn V rocket did. Continue reading →
The X-15B: The Spaceplane That Wasn't
May 10, 2013 01:23 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
After the X-15 pioneered air-launching suborbital spaceflights, its successor, the X-15B, was meant to go all the way. Continue reading →
Chiao: Don't Let Them Hijack Our Dreams
May 7, 2013 07:04 PM ET // Leroy Chiao
Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao weighs in on our obsession with negative news and poor media coverage of profound advances in space travel.
NASA's Spacesuits Through the Years: Photos
May 3, 2013 01:45 PM ET // Irene Klotz
Nothing says 'astronaut' quite like a spacesuit.
The Mysterious Loss of Mars 3
Apr 24, 2013 12:12 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
In 1971, the first successful Mars lander was wiped out, probably by a dust storm. Continue reading →
Project Hermes: America's V-2 Rocket Program
Apr 22, 2013 12:09 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
When the United States imported Nazis after WWII, the government put them to work. Continue reading →
Yuri Gagarin's Spaceplane Quest
Apr 8, 2013 05:05 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
In 1964, Gagarin took up the challenge of designing the Soviets' first spaceplane. ->
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When (Part of) Apollo 13 Reached the Moon
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The Mind Blowers
Nanoflowers Grow in Tiny Garden
Victorian Era Brits Were Smarter Than Us
Swirling Waters Seen From Space
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The Big Number
-- Million: The value of jewels stolen from the hotel room of a Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweller at the Cannes film festival
Big Quote
"I don't ever want to lose my kids."
-- Melissa Torrez who hopped in her car and gave chase after a man who had grabbed her 4-year-old daughter from her family's yard. The suspect was caught and charged with attempted kidnapping
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