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December 22, 2015

NASA suspends March launch of InSight mission to Mars
Pasadena CA (AFP) Dec 23, 2015
NASA has suspended the March 2016 launch of its InSight mission to Mars because of problems with a key scientific component, the US space agency said Tuesday. The lander was set to delve deep beneath the Red Planet's surface in order to discover how the solar system's rocky planets formed. The next favorable launch window for the mission is more than two years away. "Learning about the interior structure of Mars has been a high priority objective for planetary scientists since the Viking era ... read more

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Insight shipped to California for March launch to Mars

A cosmic clumpy doughnut around black hole

Focus on mineral for clues to beginning of biological life on earth

Euclid dark Universe mission ready to take shape

LADEE Mission Shows Force of Meteoroid Strikes on Lunar Exosphere

The awakened force of a star

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps hires view of Earth rising

Unscheduled spacewalk likely on Monday

New Horizons team releases detailed slice of Pluto

Nearby star hosts closest alien planet in the 'habitable zone'

S3 delays ZeroG launch and IPO campaign

Meanwhile, in a galaxy not so far, far away

Focus on mineral for clues to beginning of biological life

Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time

Asteroid WT24 looks even better second time around

ALMA reveals planetary construction sites

Survey Maps Neutral Hydrogen in Northern Sky

VERITAS detects gamma rays from halfway across the universe

Studies of Recent and Ancient Nepal Quakes Yield Surprises

NASA orders second Boeing Crew Mission to ISS

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