Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• NASA prepares for comet that will narrowly miss Mars

  One of the closest passes of a comet to another planet will take place in just a few months, and NASA is already taking steps to prepare its orbiters for the encounter.

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  Jul 29, 2014
  
• NASA’s ‘flying saucer’ a success

  NASA has tested new technology designed to bring spacecraft — and one day even astronauts — safely down to Mars.

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  Jun 30, 2014
  
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• NASA’s new Martian braking system paving way to easier human colonization

  If humans are going to settle on Mars, it means better technology will be needed to deliver heavier payloads. And NASA already has a plan for that.

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  Apr 10, 2014
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• Near-Earth asteroid ‘disappears’? Don’t panic.

  Asteroid 2000 EM 26 got big press last week and more so now that astronomers can't find it. But the truth is, there's no need to panic.

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  Feb 20, 2014
• WATCH: NASA spacecraft gives view of Earth flyby

  Experience what it would be like to approach Earth from space.

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  Dec 10, 2013