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Artist rendition of NASA's apparatus to 'lasso' moving asteroids.

NASA Builds Apparatus To Catch Speeding Asteroids

Cory Doyle   | Sep 06, 2014 11:11 PM EDT

NASA recently unveiled a plan to contribute nearly $18 billion to continue major space exploration projects that are currently making progress. This also includes the funding for a daring new mission to actually capture fast-moving asteroids. The device will then transport the asteroid to a suitable location in space so astronauts can then explore and analyze it.

NASA Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project inflatable saucer-shaped test vehicle

NASA Mars 'saucer' test A-OK despite bad chute

dweisman   | Aug 09, 2014 05:37 PM EDT

NASA engineers tested a vehicle designed to land astronauts on Mars with mixed results, but nonetheless insisted Friday it was a success.

Rosetta Probe set to meet Comet C-G

Rosetta Probe set to rendezvous with Comet C-G

dweisman   | Aug 05, 2014 06:49 PM EDT

Rosetta Probe set to rendezvous with Comet C-G

The privatization of space

Old Space Versus New Space: Why Space Exploration Is Getting Privatized

Lemuel Cacho   | May 22, 2014 06:01 PM EDT

The United States space program is getting a facelift as more and more commercial companies are jumping into the space exploration bandwagon.

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