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1. MRO Radar Maps Extensive Subsurface Martian Ice

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   A radar on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected widespread deposits of glacial ice in the mid-latitudes of Mars.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/University of Rome/Southwest Research Institute Sure, ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

2. Mars Odyssey Still Hears Nothing From Phoenix

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2010 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander showed no sign during February that it has revived itself after the northern Mars winter. NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will check again in early ... Monday, 01 March 2010

3. Stunning New Looks at the Mars Avalanche

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   ... captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter? Bernhard Braun from UnmannedSpaceflight.com has now created several different 3-D views of the event, providing never-seen-before, ground-level ... Thursday, 25 February 2010

4. More Silence From Phoenix

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2010 - NASA's Mars Odyssey began a second campaign Monday to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has revived itself after the northern Martian winter. The orbiter received ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

5. Preparing for the Next Mission

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   At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work platforms are moved into position around space shuttle Endeavour in Orbiter Processing Facility-2, following its touchdown at the completion of the STS-130 ... Monday, 22 February 2010

6. ESA's Tough Choice: Dark Matter, Sun Close Flyby, Exoplanets (Pick Two)

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   ... (PLATO); take the closest look at our Sun yet possible, approaching to just 62 solar radii (Solar Orbiter) … but only two! What would be your picks? These three mission concepts have been chosen by the ... Saturday, 20 February 2010

7. Enhanced 3D Model Of Mars Crater Edge Shows Ups And Downs

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2010 - A dramatic 3D Mars view based on terrain modeling from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data shows "highs and lows" of Mojave Crater. ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

8. Multi-Layer Mars Parfait Provides Environmental Record

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   ... the Rockies and reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago. According to a new report by geologists using instruments on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to look at the ... Thursday, 11 February 2010

9. Pirouettes and Twitpics from Space

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   ... Space Station. It was a striking sight to behold (see video above) as Commander George Zamka guided the orbiter through the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, rotating the orbiter backwards so that ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

10. Astronauts inspect Endeavour's thermal protection system

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    Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 9, 2010 - Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

11. RSS Rollback: Watch Endeavour Appear Before Your Eyes

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    ... a beautiful sunny morning –albeit it was quite windy. I got chills when I first saw the right wing and the front windows of the orbiter appear (and it wasn't because I was cold!) Currently, ... Saturday, 06 February 2010

12. Craters Young And Old In Sirenum Fossae

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    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 - The High Resolution Stereo Camera, operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board the Mars Express orbiter has imaged ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

13. 3D Measurements Of Apollo 14 Landing Site

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    Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 02, 2010 - Can we measure the size and shape of equipment and other objects on the moon using orbital images from the current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission? ... Monday, 01 February 2010

14. New Amazing Mars Flyover Videos

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    ... Orbiter. Using DEM (Digital Elevation Model)– (also known as DTM Digital Terrain Model) files provided by the HiRISE team, Doug is able to render 3-D movies of a specific location on Mars. Since ... Wednesday, 27 January 2010

15. Public Invited To Pick Pixels On Mars

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    ... Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has recorded nearly 13,000 observations of the Red Planet's terrain. Each image covers dozens of square miles and reveal ... Friday, 22 January 2010

16. No Word Yet From Phoenix; Spirit's Days May be Numbered

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    A look at the nearly buried wheels on the Spirit rover on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL Not a peep yet from the Phoenix lander. The Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 flight passes during January 19- 20 ... Thursday, 21 January 2010

17. Dunes of Mars

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    ... Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this view on Dec. 28, 2009. The dunes here are linear, thought to be due to shifting wind directions. In places, each dune ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

18. NASA Orbiter Listening For Phoenix Lander Hears Nothing

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    Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2010 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 overflights, listening for the Phoenix Mars Lander on Jan. 19 and 20, without hearing anything from the lander. Nineteen ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

19. HiRISE Makes Your Wishes Comes True

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    ... on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which allows the public to suggest a location on Mars where the HiRISE instrument should take an image. If you don't have a particular location, you can use the ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

20. Shuttle Edutation

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    In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the STS-130 crew view a demonstration on the maintenance of space shuttle Endeavour's thermal protection system. From ... Monday, 18 January 2010