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Recovery Attempts End for Hitomi X-ray Satellite
The Japanese space agency JAXA has released a timeline covering the Hitomi space observatory's failure last month. Salvage efforts continue but recovery appears unlikely.
Navy Resumes Celestial Navigation Course
Modern security threats have brought back an old method — celestial navigation — to help U.S. Navy sailors navigate the high seas.
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Malfunction Cripples Hitomi X-ray Observatory
Ground controllers are scrambling to recover the Hitomi satellite from a mysterious 'debris anomaly' over the past weekend.
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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Heads to Space
The launch of ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli lander heralds a new phase of Mars exploration.
CANYVAL-X: Two CubeSats, One Telescope
An innovative CubeSat mission, slated to take to space this year, will demonstrate the feasibility of free-flying satellites.
WFIRST: Next Decade's Space Telescope
NASA is commencing work on the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), the successor to the Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescopes.
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New X-ray Observatory Takes to the Skies
Japan’s newest X-ray satellite, Hitomi (formerly Astro-H), promises to reveal the hot and hidden universe.
Mirror Assembled for Hubble's Successor
NASA has assembled the primary mirror for the James Webb Space Telescope, a big step on the way to the telescope’s October 2018 launch.
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Hunting for Planets Around Proxima Centauri
The Pale Red Dot Initiative has begun the search in earnest for exoplanets orbiting the nearest star to Earth besides the Sun.
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Smack! Booster Impact Site Found on Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has finally spotted the impact of the Apollo 16 booster, more than 43 years after it happened.
NASA's Budget Gets a Boost
An unexpected omnibus spending package for fiscal year 2016 raises NASA's funding.
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China Launches Dark Matter Probe
China's recently launched Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) takes the hunt for elusive dark matter to space.
Japan’s Akatsuki Reaches Venus . . . At Last
Engineers executed an innovative contingency plan to save the Akatsuki spacecraft and place it in orbit around our sister planet.
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LISA Pathfinder Heads to Space
An exciting new mission takes the hunt for gravitational waves into space.
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Unique Scope Searches for Space Junk
NASA's new remote observatory located on a windswept island in the mid-Atlantic provides a critical capability for tracking space junk.
Mystery Object to Reenter Earth's Atmosphere
WT1190F will burn up over the Indian Ocean on November 13th, giving researchers an unprecedented opportunity to follow its path — and figure out where it came from.
DSCOVRing Earth
An innovative Earth-observing satellite now shows near-daily views of our home planet online.
India Launches First Astronomy Satellite
AstroSat launched into orbit on September 28, 2015, and will soon start returning visible, ultraviolet, and X-ray images of the universe.
Views of Sunday’s Solar Eclipse from Space
Some of the most stunning views of Sunday's partial solar eclipse didn't come from Earth.
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Amateurs Help Discover Rare Eclipsing Binary
A collaboration of amateur and professional astronomers has uncovered a rare variety of eclipsing binary star - and a supernova in the making.
