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Opportunity Investigates Possible Martian Meteorite

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The Opportunity Mars Rover may have come across a meteorite.

Overwear the Underwear? Two months and No Complaints, Astronaut Says

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Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata home from the International Space Station after wearing the same underwear for two months with no complaints from his housemates.

Apollo landing sites: 40 years later!

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NASA releases images from five of the six Apollo landing sites taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA releases partially restored Apollo 11 footage

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NASA released a sneak preview of restored video from Apollo 11.

SpaceX Performs Perfect Launch and Deploys Satellite Successfully (Video)

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Private company SpaceX successfully launches its first commercial payload into orbit.

More success for Herschel

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After the early sneak preview from the PACS instrument on board the recently launched Herschel infrared space telescope, more images have now been released from its other instruments, SPIRE and HIFI.

Rover rescue rehearsed

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Engineers at NASA rehearse extraction attempts that would help the Spirit Mars Rover escape from its predicament.

LRO First Light images of the Moon!

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned its first images from the Moon as it calibrates its instruments.

A Cometary Closeup for NExT

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NExT, previously known as the Stardust spacecraft, will be sent to comet Tempel 1 to observe the crater created by another spacecraft, Deep Impact.

LRO in Lunar Orbit

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has entered lunar orbit, while LCROSS has swung by the Moon.

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