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See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article. Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | _details_pending_: By: Chris Devers
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Rosetta spacecraft will be the first to undertake the long-term exploration of a comet at close quarters. It comprises a large orbiter, which is designed to operate for a decade at large distances from the Sun, and a small lander. Each of these carries a large complement of scientific experiments designed to complete the most [...]
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In 1080p. Did Mars long ago develop far enough for life to arise? If so, does anything still live within Mars’ dusty plains, beneath its ice caps, or somewhere underground? In 1964 the Mariner Four spacecraft flew by Mars and got a good look. What it saw looked more like the Moon than the Earth. [...]
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A new space explorer is waiting in the wings and ready to take center stage: the Mars lander called Phoenix. Phoenix’s assignment is to dig through the Martian soil and ice in the arctic region and use its onboard scientific instruments to analyze the samples it retrieves. Mars is a cold desert planet with no [...]
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It has been 40 years since Apollo 11′s Eagle lander touched down on the surface of the Moon. For decades after Neil Armstrong took his ‘one small step for man’ it seemed Earth’s closest space neighbour had lost some of its shine for exploration. But in recent years, mankind has started taking a ‘giant leap’ [...]
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This video is of NASA Project M Lander free flight test at Armadillo Aerospace outside of Dallas. The lander launched on June 23rd 2010. This is the prototype of the lander that may launch a version of Robonaut on future exploratory missions
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