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NASA aims to send another rover to Mars in 2020
December 4, 2012 8:12 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA says it wants to launch another mega-rover to Mars modeled after the wildly popular Curiosity. The space agency said Tuesday the spacecraft will be built from spare parts from Curiosity. It would also use the novel landing system that delivered the car-size rover to Mars... more » -
Dawn spacecraft continues to next destination
September 5, 2012 7:49 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA says the Dawn spacecraft is journeying to its next destination after spending a year at a giant asteroid. The space agency said Wednesday it received a signal from the spacecraft confirming that it left the asteroid Vesta and is cruising toward the dwarf planet Ceres... more » -
CU-Boulder gets grant to build tiny spacecraft
December 29, 2009 8:45 AM
The University of Colorado at Boulder has received $840,000 from the National Science Foundation to build a tiny spacecraft to learn more about solar flares and their effect on Earth's atmosphere. The three-year grant will go to CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and the aerospace engineering sciences department.... more »
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