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X-37B Military Space Plane Lands After Record-Shattering Secret Mission The U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane has finally returned to Earth after spending nearly two years on a hush-hush orbital mission.   Your Help Wanted to Name Rosetta Mission's Comet Landing Site The European Space Agency (ESA) doesn't want the first-ever soft landing on a comet to take place at Site J. Read More     Virgin Galactic Will Fly Rocket-Powered SpaceShipTwo Test Flights Soon Virgin Galactic will resume rocket-powered test flights of its private SpaceShipTwo spacecraft soon, CEO George Whitesides said. Here's why. Aviation Week & Space Technology - Sponsored Content EXCLUSIVE OFFER: One month of free access online, digital and print editions to Aviation Week & Space Technology.   Additional Space.com Headlines Comet's Mars Flyby Sunday Has Scientists Abuzz A comet's close shave with Mars this weekend could reveal some key insights about the Red Planet and the solar system's early days, researchers say. Read More Moon to Meet Jupiter in Early Saturday Morning Sky The moon and Jupiter will pass within 7 degrees of each other in the sky early Saturday (Oct. 18). Find out how to see the celestial tableau here. Read More NASA Probe Zapped by Saturn Moon's Static The moon and Jupiter will pass within 7 degrees of each other in the sky early Saturday (Oct. 18). Find out how to see the celestial tableau here. Read More     Apollo Astronaut's Anniversary Patch Recalls 'Flight of the Phoenix' Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham helped develop an alternate mission patch that shows a capsule rising from the flames that claimed the lives of the Apollo 1 crew in 1967. Comet's Close Encounter with Mars Explained (Infographic) A comet will pass closer to Mars than the moon is from Earth on Oct. 19, 2014. See how the Comet Siding Spring flyby of Mars works. NASA Is Studying How to Mine the Moon for Water There's a lot of water on the moon, and NASA wants to learn how to access it.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003