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NASA and ESA complete agreement for cooperation on Mars rover mission

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — NASA and the European Space Agency have completed an agreement under which NASA will provide hundreds of millions of dollars ...

See The Jaw-Dropping New Video Of The Sun By A Spacecraft Almost There

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

ESA’s Sun-explorer Solar Orbiter ESA/Medialab The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent back the first video of the sun from just two-thirds of ...

A new era: Ariane 6 maiden launch campaign gets underway

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

29 On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career ...

Falcon 9 launches Galileo navigation satellites

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 successfully placed into orbit a pair of Galileo navigation satellites April 27 in a launch that was ...

Are there Spiders on Mars? ESA unveils truth behind the mysterious clusters seen on the red planet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The European Space Age (ESA) recently shared pictures of the mysterious spider-like clusters on the planet Mars. The space agency has, however, ...

Satellite Photo Shows an Army of ‘Black Spiders’ on Mars

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A photo taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has set the internet alight after it apparently shows large clusters ...

David Bowie was right – there are spiders on Mars! European Space Agency’s spacecrafts snap mysterious arachnid shapes on the Red Planet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Although not actual spiders, ‘araneiforms’ are dark cracks in the Martian soil READ MORE: Mars has two miles of water buried at ...

ESA awards contract to Thales Alenia Space to restart ExoMars

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

COLORADO SPRINGS — The European Space Agency awarded a contract to a consortium of companies to resume work on a Mars rover ...

Scientists Find Supernova That Wowed Ancient Astronomers In 12th Century

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In 1181, a supernova explosion appeared in the night sky for 185 days. Historical records show that the supernova, which some witnesses ...

Using Hubble and Webb, scientists investigate galaxies responsible for the reionization of the universe

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

23 Utilizing the infrared-sensitive instruments of the joint NASA, European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, as well ...