NASA plans deep space rocket
NASA unveiled plans on Wednesday for a mammoth deep-space rocket to carry astronauts to the moon, Mars and other destinations beyond the International Space Station. The rocket project would cost $10 billion through 2017, when the first test flight of the Space Launch System is scheduled to take place from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Completes Giant Mirrors for Hubble Successor Telescope
NASA’s next huge space telescope passed a major mirror milestone this week on its path to become the world’s most powerful space observatory when it launches in 2018.
Scientists find planet orbiting two suns like in ‘Star Wars’
The Tatooine-like world about the size of Saturn is a frozen mass of rock and gas about 200 light years from Earth. NASA astronomers say it was discovered by the Kepler spacecraft launched in 2009.
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