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October 31
- Mars Rover Spirit Has Amnesia Again
October 30
- First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station
- Ariane 5 Rocket Hauls Up Another Double Payload Stack
- NASA: Test Rocket Damage Caused by Parachute Failure
- 3,000 Images Combine for Stunning Milky Way Portrait
- Mars: A Halloween Treat in the Night Sky
- New Moon Rocket Damaged in Test Flight, NASA Says
October 29
- Space Junk Threat Delays Japanese Spaceship's Station Departure
- Huge Explosion Was Biggest Space Rock to Strike Earth Since 1994
- Cosmic Jewel Box Photographed in Detail
- Simulations Show How Earth-Like Planets Can Form
October 28
- NASA's New Rocket Sports a Supersonic Look
- NASA Hails New Moon Rocket's First Test Launch
- Space-Time Observations Find Einstein Still Rules
- Violent Explosion Is Most Distant Object Ever Seen
- How NASA Test Drives Moon Landers on Earth
- Liftoff! NASA Launches Moon Rocket Prototype on Test Flight
- Bad Weather Keeps NASA Rocket Test on Hold
- NASA Poised for 2nd Try to Launch Landmark Rocket Test
October 27
- The Strangest Moments in Space Launch History
- Pseudo Black Hole Created in Lab
- Bad Weather Delays Launch Test of NASA's New Rocket
- Bad Weather May Stall NASA Rocket Test
October 26
- NASA Photos Reveal Rare Views of New Rocket, Space Shuttle
- NASA's Ares I-X to Launch With Historic Hardware, Commemorative Payload
- Behind the Scenes: Building NASA's Huge, New Rocket
- Report Places US at the Crossroads of Human Spaceflight
- Launching Tuesday: Pivotal Test Flight of NASA's Untried Rocket
- Mars Caves Might Protect Microbes (or Astronauts)
October 25
- NASA Watches Weather For Tuesday Rocket Test
- How to Watch NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Test Flight
October 24
- Stacking Up the World's Tallest Rockets
October 23
- NASA Clears New Rocket For Tuesday Launch Test
- NASA: Rocket Test Won't Endanger Space Shuttle
- Amelia Earhart's Scarf Flying to Space
October 22
- White House Panel Backs Commercial Alternatives to NASA's New Rocket
- Apocalypse 2012? The Truth About the End of the World
- Air Force's Secretive Space Plane Nears Maiden Voyage
October 21
- Tweetup With Space Station Crew Cut Short by False Alarm
- New Rocket Fuel Mixes Ice and Metal
- Chemicals Needed for Life Detected on Second Distant Planet
- How to Find the Andromeda Galaxy
October 20
- Robots Win $750,000 Digging Fake Moon Dirt
- ‘Sidewalk Astronomy’ to Sweep the U.S. This Weekend
- Mysterious Patches of Color Mapped on Saturn's Moons
- NASA Unveils New Rocket For Historic Test Flight
October 19
- NASA Delays Shuttle Launch for New Rocket Test
- White House Panel's Human Spaceflight Report Due Soon
- Nearly 3 Dozen Planets Found
October 18
- New Dino-destroying Theory Fuels Hot Debate
- New Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
October 16
- NASA Finally Spots Plume from Moon Impact
- Small Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Tonight
- Strong Meteor Shower Peaks Wednesday Morning
- Glitch Delays Rollout of NASA’s New Rocket
October 15
- Seize Your Chance to Explore the Universe
- Mystery Emissions Spotted at Edge of Solar System
- Reusable Rocket Plane Soars in Test Flight
- How to Protect Other Planets from Earth Microbes
- Russian Cargo Ship Dazzles in Launch to Space Station
October 14
- Blazing Meteor Captured on Video
- NASA Opens Space Shuttle Launch to Twitter Fans
- Shuttle Atlantis Moves to Launch Pad for November Flight
- Strange Shapes Seen In Milky Way's Tiny Neighbor
- Nuclear-Powered Robot Ship Could Sail Seas of Titan
October 13
- U2 Makes Outer Space Call
- Europe’s First Space Station Commander Takes Charge
- Hubble Spies Energetic Galaxy Merger
- Hot Debate Rages Over Water on Saturn’s Icy Moon
October 12
- Mars Rover FAQ: The Martian Lives of Spirit and Opportunity
- Moon Orbiter Beams Home Images of Lunar Crashes
- Mars Rover Spots Another Meteorite
- Europa or Mars: Where Could Extraterrestrial Life Be Found First?
October 11
- Billionaire Clown Lands After Space Mission
- Acrobat, Astronauts To Return To Earth
October 10
- Performers Celebrate Water from Earth and Space
October 9
- It’s Showtime in Space for Circus Tycoon
- NASA's New Astronauts: Call Them the 'Chumps'
- NASA Probe Spotted Artificial Crater Before Hitting the Moon
- For Some, NASA's Moon-Crashing Probes Fizzled
- KAPOW! NASA Smacks the Moon in Search for Water Ice
October 8
- Spacecraft's Lunar Crash Won't Hurt the Moon, NASA Says
- Shape of Small Asteroid that Hit Earth Revealed
- Asteroid Looks Like Planet Wannabe
- NASA's Moon-Mars Chief Blasts 'False Claims'
- Moon of Jupiter Could Support Life
- NASA Set to Dive Bomb the Moon
October 7
- Astronauts Build Stephen Colbert's Space Treadmill
- Big Asteroid Less Likely to Hit Earth
- Dirty Stars Make Great Hosts for New Worlds
- Enormous New Ring Found Distantly Orbiting Saturn
- Orbital Debris Cleanup Takes Center Stage
- Targeting the Moon: Observatories Gear Up for Lunar Crash
October 6
- Doorstep Astronomy: The Moon and a Star Cluster
- How to Watch NASA’s Probe Smack the Moon Friday
- White House to Throw Star Party Wednesday
- Circus Billionaire Says Space Trip Worth Every Penny
- Controversial New Idea Surfaces on Origin of Moon's Water
- NASA Astronaut Frank Caldeiro, 51, Dies
October 5
- Space Traffic, Meteor Showers Threaten Next Shuttle Launch Date
- Our Changing View of the Moon
October 3
- 5 Years After SpaceShipOne: Commercial Spaceflight Ready for 'Go'
October 2
- Harvest Moon This Weekend: Late But Still Gorgeous
- Gravitational Corridors Act Like Space Lanes
- New Photos of Milky Way From New Space Telescope
- NASA, Disney Celebrate Buzz Lightyear's Return From Space
- On Alien World, It Rains Rocks
- How Mars Rocks Could Preserve Signs of Life
- Acrobat, Astronauts Dock At Space Station
October 1
- Pavel Popovich, Sixth Man in Orbit, Dies at 78
- Slam-Bang Coverage! NASA's LCROSS Moon Crash
- Mercury's Mysterious Bright Spot Photographed Up Close
- See the Special Effects of the Harvest Moon