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Ports of Barcelona | Space Wallpaper

By Space.com Staff published

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Blue Paradise | Space Wallpaper

By Space.com Staff published

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Troubled Japanese Venus Probe Set for 2015 Comeback

By Mike Wall published

The Akatsuki spacecraft may be able to bounce back from a 2010 orbit-insertion failure.

Venus
Kibo Robot Illustration

Doll-Like Robot Will Keep Astronauts Company on Space Station

By Elizabeth Howell published

A small robot on the International Space Station could help astronauts on deep-space missions and lonely people on Earth, says one of its creators.

Space Exploration
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Japan Wants Space Plane or Capsule by 2022

By Rob Coppinger published

The country is also eyeing suborbital point-to-point transportation.

Space Exploration
Hinode Spacecraft

Satellite to Watch Solar Eclipse From Space on Sunday

By Nola Taylor Redd published

Japan's Hinode satellite will be the only solar observatoryto study this Sunday's solar eclipse.

Space Exploration
This giant disk floating in space isn't a UFO. It's a power generator, harvesting energy from the Sun for a variety of uses back on Earth. Such space-based solar power generators have many applications, not just on Earth, but also in space.

Forecast for Solar Power from Space Is Not Yet Sunny

By Jeremy Hsu published

Space-based solar power is still on hold, but projects in the U.S., Europe and Japan have slowly moved forward.

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Asteroid Dust Successfully Returned by Japanese Space Probe

By Tariq Malik published

The first ever samples of an asteroid have been confirmed inside the return capsule of Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft.

Asteroids
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