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NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:45:20 -0400

PASADENA, California - Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore.

Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400

PASADENA, California - NASA's Curiosity rover drills again.

NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:20 -0400

LOS ANGELES - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system.

CU and NASA invite people to send names to Mars

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:50:45 -0400

BOULDER, Colorado - The University of Colorado and NASA are inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD that will be carried aboard a spacecraft that will probe the Martian upper atmosphere and ultimately be destroyed.