NASA out of touch with one Mars rover

Although one of two twin rovers scouring the surface of Mars has been unresponsive for over a year — and has likely seen its last intragalactic action — NASA is beaming with optimism over what it has accomplished and what the mission has waiting in the wings.

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NASA probe aims to unlock Mercury’s secrets

NASA scientists pored Wednesday over stunning new images of Mercury as their MESSENGER probe began a year-long mission to map the surface of the solar system’s least-understood planet.

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U.S. Air Force to retest X-51 WaveRider hypersonic aircraft

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch an experimental aircraft Thursday that could potentially reach speeds of 6,400 kph over the Pacific Ocean in a test flight that could give the Pentagon a new way to deliver a military strike anywhere around the globe within minutes.

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Look, up in the sky: It’s a supermoon!

If it is true what they say about a full moon provoking deviant behaviour in human beings, then evidence of an outbreak of lunacy should be clearly discernible on Canadian streets Saturday night.

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• Gallery: The 'Supermoon' Around the World
• 'Supermoon' to appear this weekend

We'll get rare bigger, brighter moon

A rare super moon will brighten skies and appear larger as the moon nears the Earth this weekend.

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Messenger successfully goes into orbit around Mercury

With a 30-minute blast from its main rocket engine, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft slipped into orbit around the planet Mercury Thursday evening, becoming the first craft from Earth ever to circle the closest planet to the sun.

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