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NASA engineers are scratching their heads over some unexpected behavior from the long-lived Spirit rover, which began its sixth year exploring Mars this month. Spirit failed to report in to engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., last weekend, prompting a series of diagnostic tests this week …

An intrepid spider may have survived the long months at the International Space Station, with scientists eager to know for sure once it returns to Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery. The arachnid, one of two orb weaving spiders sent to the station last November, is due to land with …

“Just like a football game: Send me in coach, I’m ready,” said USAF F-4 pilot Bob Pardo as he was tasked with flying over Vietnam. In March of 1965, a little-known operation called Rolling Thunder was underway. Author of “To Hanoi and Back” Wayne Thompson recalls, “Rolling Thunder was an …