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US Mysteriously Deletes Russian Mars Spacecraft’s Tracking Data

6:42AM January 19, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

After Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin accused the United States of being the main suspect in rendering their Phobos-Grunt Mars spacecraft useless, the United States Strategic Command has mysteriously deleted all the spaceship’s data from their Space Track database. More »

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Russia Accuses US Of Sabotaging Spacecraft

12:15PM January 18, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says the United States may have rendered their Phobos-Grunt Mars spacecraft useless using a radar on the Marshall Islands. More »

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Giant Spider Terrorises Space Shuttle And Anchorwoman

5:15AM January 17, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Just a little fun around the News 12 set, eh guys? A little spidey crawled across the lens while we were filming the space shuttle! Heh. Cute little spider dude. Aw, it looks like — AH JESUS HERE IT COMES. More »

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This Is NASA’s New, Awesome Deep Space Rocket

1:01AM September 15, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

NASA got a new deep space exploration system, the Space Launch System. A new heavy rocket designed to take astronauts well beyond planet Earth’s orbit. It’s beautiful. It’s like the Saturn all over again, but better. More »

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NASA Launches A Mission To The Centre Of The Moon

12:20AM September 11, 2011 | Kwame Opam

At 9.08 local time, NASA shot two spacecraft into space to visit our beloved moon. As part of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission, the rockets will map the entire lunar surface and interior to see how it formed and evolved. More »

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This Is Probably The Weirdest, Goofiest Video NASA Ever Made

1:00AM August 30, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This video of life in the space shuttle was recorded in the 1980s. I don’t know what kind of dehydrated space mushrooms these space goofballs ate or what kind of astroturf they smoked, but I love it. More »

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WANTED: Pilots Willing To Fly Boeing’s Space Capsule To ISS

7:50AM August 8, 2011 | Adrian Covert

In 2015, Boeing will launch its CST space capsule three times. Two of those trips will be unmanned. But the third launch — en route to the International Space Station — will be piloted by two Boeing employees. Who gets to go? More »

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The Size Of The Shuttle Compared To Our Current Space Ride

10:40AM August 4, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

On the left: the most complex and amazing spacecraft ever built by mankind. It took our astronauts to space for 30 years. On the right: a tin can. It’ll take our astronauts to space for… whatever. I’m depressed. [Chromatic House]

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Destroyed Chunk Of Columbia Shuttle Discovered Under Dried Lake

9:40AM August 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Eight years after the fiery horror of the Columbia disaster, a lost piece of the atmospheric sorrow has been discovered beneath a drought-shrivelled Texan lake, CNN reports. The dilapidated, muddy orb remains a painful symbol of the cracked vessel. More »

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Breathtaking, Never-Before-Shot Views Of The ISS

7:00AM August 2, 2011 | Kwame Opam

What you’re looking at are high resolution photos of the ISS taken from the space shuttle in it’s final flight. Pilot Doug Hurley took these unique shots of the station’s majestic orbit before heading home. I wish I could’ve been there. More »