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Launches, spacecraft, satellites, exploration programs and the engineering that carries people and instruments beyond Earth.
Five villagers were rescued from a flooded cave in Laos
A genuine "once in a blue moon" event arrives this Sunday, May 31
For decades two spacecraft drifting out of the solar system were being nudged off…
The Opportunity rover's famous last words
In 1995, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft sent a probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere that kept…
Buzz Aldrin took Communion on the surface of the Moon using a tiny kit he carried…
A meteorite that fell near the Australian town of Murchison in 1969 was found to…
In 1990, after years of lobbying by Carl Sagan, Voyager 1 turned its camera back toward…
Voyager 1 is now so far from Earth that a signal traveling at the speed of light takes…
The Voyager Golden Record carries greetings in 55 languages
