Would Allow Spacecraft To Land Safely In Previously Unusable Areas
A giant crane will tower above NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, shooting out of a hilly mesa like an oversized erector set, ready to help test components of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project.
Tracks Features That Show Possibility Of Liquid Salty Water
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed to scientists slender dark markings -- possibly due to salty water – that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator.
Sets Spacewalks To Repair Faulty Station Pump Module
NASA managers are postponing the upcoming Orbital Sciences commercial cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station to proceed with a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty pump module on the space station. Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft, atop its Antares rocket, now will launch no earlier than January.
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