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<p>This is Cassini's last full mosaic view of Saturn.&nbsp;</p>

Dying space missions remembered in inspiring final images

Spacecraft and Mars rovers don't live forever. Some run out of power, others succumb to the elements These are the last views they saw of the cosmos.

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<p>Opportunity's travels on Mars are collected in this traverse map.</p>

NASA reveals Opportunity rover's final path across Mars

The Mars rover's final traverse map shows a journey worth remembering.

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<p>Mimas won't try to destroy Saturn.</p>

Cosmic dead ringers: 27 super strange-looking space objects

From a Death Star moon to a comet cat, space is full of weird and wild objects and celestial formations that look like other things.

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NASA isn't the only space agency trying to land on the moon

50 years after Apollo 11, the moon club is still only the domain of the US, Russia and China. But other countries are reaching for the moon, and they won't stop 'til they get there.

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Boston Dynamics' four-legged Spot robots hot off the production line!

Boston Dynamics revealed new video of its Spot robots working together to pull a truck across a parking lot. It says the four-legged robots should be available soon. We also take a look at how modular robots might help build a Martian habitat for astronauts, and the first 3D printed heart made with living human cells.

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<p>The rocks around Curiosity's Aberlady drill site seem to have moved.</p>

See how NASA Curiosity rover rocked Mars landscape with dramatic drilling

Curiosity reshaped Mars a little with its first drill into the fascinating clay-bearing unit.

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<p>The Curiosity rover drilled into this clay-bearing unit on Mars.</p>

NASA rover Curiosity fulfills dream, drills into Mars clay

There's a new hole in the red planet, and this one is extra special.

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NASA Mars rover captures two stunning solar eclipses

The Curiosity rover watched the moons of Mars take bites out of the sun.

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NASA's Mars helicopter passes flight tests

A vacuum chamber re-created atmosphere and gravity similar to the Red Planet. The helicopter hovered 2 inches off the ground, satisfying test flight requirements for its Mars 2020 mission.

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<p>Mars is kept company by two cratered moons -- an inner moon named Phobos and an outer moon named Deimos.</p>

NASA's Curiosity rover sees a solar eclipse on Mars... after sunset

It's not so unusual for one of the red planet's moons to pass in front of the sun, but catching it at dusk takes some effort.

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NASA Mars rover Curiosity spots peculiar pebbles

Some of the pretty pebbles look like peas.

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<p>Curiosity snapped this charming selfie of its "head" in early 2018.</p>

NASA Mars rover Curiosity glitches again, switches 'brains'

NASA's only working Mars rover is having some computer problems.

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