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1. Extreme Close-Up of the Face on Mars

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   ... the grocery store. This is the famous "Face on Mars," and is the closest image ever of the this landform, taken by the best Mars camera ever, HiRISE on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. And ... Wednesday, 28 July 2010

2. Is the Moon Really a 'Been There Done That' World?

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   The Moon. Credit: NASA If there's only one thing we've learned from all the highly successful recent Moon missions – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1 and Kaguya — ... Monday, 26 July 2010

3. Prometheus: the Michelangelo of Saturn

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   ... in the perturbed, thin F ring, is the potato-shaped Prometheus, and having performed the perturbing, it continues in its orbit. Click the image for the super-huge version. Prometheus (148 kilometers, ... Monday, 26 July 2010

4. Fractured

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   This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of a large impact crater in the southern highlands, north of the giant Hellas impact basin. Most of the crater floor is dark, with ... Thursday, 22 July 2010

5. WISE Mission Completes All-sky Infrared Survey

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   ... have performed flawlessly and have imaged every corner of our universe, just as we planned." WISE surveys the sky in strips as it orbits the earth. It takes six months of constant observing to map ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

6. Lunar Forums and Anniversaries

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   Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of the Apollo 11 landing site. Credit: NASA I'm attending the NASA Lunar Science Institute's Lunar Forum at Ames Research Center in California, which will ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

7. Developers Say Lunar Elevator Could be Built Within a Decade

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   ... easy access to orbit that a space elevator promises is likely still decades away. The biggest problem rests on the fact that no one has been able to successfully manufacture long ribbons made of ultra-light, ... Monday, 19 July 2010

8. Symbol of Cooperation

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   On July 17, 1975, Cold War rivals America and the Soviet Union met in Earth orbit as American Apollo astronauts Tom Stafford, Vance Brand and Deke Slayton docked with Soviet Soyuz cosmonauts Aleksey Leonov ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

9. Latest Look at Mercury Reveals Surprises

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   ... in September of last year provide new insights into the planet closest to our Sun. The new findings make the science teams even more anxious for getting the spacecraft into orbit around Mercury. "Every ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

10. Aerojet AJ26 Rocket Engine Arrives at Stennis

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    ... of flight engines. Stennis will provide propulsion system acceptance testing for the Taurus II space launch vehicle, which is being developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va. The first Taurus ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

11. Conduct Virtual Explorations of Mars with New WorldWide Telescope Feature

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    ... from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera to provide a high-resolution 3-D map of the Red Planet. Included are fully-interactive images and the latest and greatest NASA data, which will ... Monday, 12 July 2010

12. Small Moon Makes Big Waves

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    ... km wide, but the moon's eccentric orbit causes its distance from Saturn to vary by almost 9 km, and its inclination causes it to move up and down by about 17 km. That may not sound like much, but ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010

13. New Satellite for Monitoring Space Debris To Launch

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    ... thousands of pieces of space debris in Earth orbit. The $500 million Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, scheduled for a July 8 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, will continuously ... Monday, 05 July 2010

14. New Satellite for Monitoring Space Debris To Launch

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    ... thousands of pieces of space debris in Earth orbit. The $500 million Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, scheduled for a July 8 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, will continuously ... Monday, 05 July 2010

15. Launched on the Fourth of July

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    ... as it was the first human-occupied spacecraft to launch on Independence Day. During the 12-day mission, the crew tested new equipment and procedures that increase the safety of the orbiters. It also performed ... Friday, 02 July 2010

16. Zapping Titan-Like Atmosphere with UV Creates Life Precursors

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    This image taken by the Cassini orbiter on Oct. 15, 2007, shows Saturn's A and F rings, the small moon Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, the planet's largest moon. The image is colorized to approximate ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010

17. Opportunity Rover Able to See More Detail of Endeavour Crater

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    ... images from the rover. Several high points along the rim can be correlated with points discernible from orbit. (...) Read the rest of Opportunity Rover Able to See More Detail of Endeavour Crater (222 ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010

18. Spacecraft to Make Final Flyby of Earth

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    ... the South Atlantic. "The speed and orbital track of the spacecraft can be changed by changing aspects of its flyby of Earth, such as how close it comes to the planet," said University of Maryland ... Friday, 25 June 2010

19. ISS Will Be in Constant Sunlight the Next Few Days

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    ... orbiting Earth in constant sunlight, as its orbit lines up with Earth's day-night terminator. Therefore, the ISS will be putting on an incredible show the next few nights, since it will be constantly ... Friday, 25 June 2010

20. Climate Change Contributes to Space Junk Problem

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    ... spent rocket boosters and other space debris stay in orbit, contributing to the space junk problem. (...) Read the rest of Climate Change Contributes to Space Junk Problem (201 words) © nancy for ... Friday, 25 June 2010