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NASA launches five suborbital rockets to study jet stream

The experimental rockets, called the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX), have been launched as part of a study of the upper level jet stream - a region of high speed winds over Earth's atmosphere.

US prepares to launch first private spaceship to ISS

Excitement is steadily building up over the first-ever launch of a private spaceship to the International Space Station when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches the Dragon capsule on April 30.

NASA spacecraft finds fascinating details about asteroid Vesta

New images and data acquired by scientists from the Dawn spacecraft show some areas on the surface of asteroid Vesta can be nearly twice as bright as others, which may reveal clues about its history.

Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions

NASA has said it is not giving up on Mars, but it will have to get there later and at a lower price.

NASA's Spitzer discovers solid buckyballs in space

Astronomers, for the first time, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered buckyballs in solid form in space.

NASA spacecraft shows recent geological activity on Moon

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has sent new images indicating that the moon's crust is being stretched, forming minute valleys in a few small areas on the lunar surface.

NASA kills Mars deal with Europe

The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama.

NASA's Kepler mission finds 26 new planets

The system with the most planets among these discoveries is Kepler-33, a star that is older and more massive than our sun.

Scientists observe demise of comet in solar atmosphere

Scientists have for the first time reported observations of the final death throes of a comet as it passed across the face of the Sun to vanish in flight.

NASA spaceport breaks ground for shuttle display

Retired space shuttle Atlantis is a step closer to completing its final journey and become a museum piece at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex which is due to open in summer 2013.

Astronomers find three smallest planets outside solar system

The star, which is located about 130 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation, is one-sixth the size of the sun, or just 70 percent bigger than Jupiter.

NASA's twin Grail spacecraft enters lunar orbit

The insertion maneuvers have placed the spacecraft into a near-polar, elliptical orbit with an orbital period of approximately 11.5 hours.

Supermassive black hole to eat gas cloud

The expected 2013 rendezvous of the object the size of a small planet, which is rushing towards the black hole at a speed of five million miles an hour, may offer scientists first ever opportunity to witness such an event.