5 Post-shuttle Nasa Programs

On Oct. 24, 1946, the first photo of the Earth taken from space was snapped by a camera on a V-2 rocket. NASA didn't even exist yet. Now that the agency has shuttered the space shuttle program, what's NASA's strategy for space exploration?

5 Post-shuttle NASA Programs

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Nasa To Test Laser Communications System In Space

Optical communications technologies don’t work too well in dusty, polluted air, but the vacuum of space holds more promise, so NASA wants to test a laser communications system in orbit.

NASA to Test Laser Communications System in Space

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Nasa Satellite Finds Coldest, Darkest Stars Yet

Stars as cool as the human body found by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer offer astronomers the chance to study star formation and the atmospheres of planets like Jupiter, away from the light of more dazzling stars.

NASA Satellite Finds Coldest, Darkest Stars Yet

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NASA Unveils Arsenic Life Form

When cooking up the stuff of life, you can’t just substitute margarine for butter. Or so scientists thought.

NASA Unveils Arsenic Life Form

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