That possible impact of an asteroid on Mars at the end of January would be quite a show for the orbiters and rovers now on duty at the red planet.I asked Steve Squyres - lead scientist of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers at Cornell — what he thought might be observable by the robots […]

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The three astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are a long way from home this holiday season, but are apparently awash in digital cheer thanks to some electronic Christmas cards from the people of Earth. Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson and flight engineers Dan Tani and Yuri Malenchenko have received more than 6,000 […]

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