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  Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars, sends back first images

  By T.C. Sottek on August 6, 2012 01:35 am + 279 comments

  After a journey spanning 36 weeks and 352 million miles, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed Continue reading…

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  Curiosity: the latest on NASA's newest Mars rover

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 6, 2012 01:28 am

  Curiosity is the name of NASA's latest Mars rover, a car-sized nuclear powered robot whose lasers Continue reading…

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  Live: NASA's ambitious Curiosity rover attempts to land on Mars

  By Justin Rubio on August 5, 2012 08:47 pm + 69 comments

  After more than eight months in space, the Curiosity rover's big challenge is here: to witness the Continue reading…

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  Mars rover Curiosity's history in pictures, and how to watch the landing live

  By Kimber Streams on August 3, 2012 04:30 pm + 16 comments

  In preparation for this weekend's highly anticipated Mars rover landing, The Atlantic has compiled a Continue reading…

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  The Mars missions that failed

  By Kimber Streams on August 2, 2012 05:33 pm + 25 comments

  The Mars rover Curiosity is set to land this weekend, and in honor of the event, Wired is taking a Continue reading…

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  Explore NASA's Kennedy Space Center through Google Street View

  By Andrew Webster on August 2, 2012 10:15 am + 6 comments

  If you missed your chance to visit the Kennedy Space Center in person earlier this year, NASA has Continue reading…

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  Mars rover landing to be screened in Times Square

  By Louis Goddard on August 1, 2012 08:29 am + 26 comments

  The expected landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars next Monday will be shown live Continue reading…

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  First images from privately-funded Discovery Channel Telescope revealed

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 24, 2012 01:48 am + 11 comments

  The first images from the Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT) at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona are Continue reading…

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  Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, passes away at 61

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 23, 2012 10:41 pm + 16 comments

  Sally Ride is an icon, and not just for being the first US woman to go into space — after Continue reading…

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  Watch this: NASA footage of the first Landsat satellite launch in 1972

  By Andrew Webster on July 23, 2012 06:14 pm + 3 comments

  40 years ago today, the very first satellite launched as part of the Landsat program, which has Continue reading…