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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. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Water Was Widespread Across Early Mars, But No Oceans

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   Locations of nine exposures of hydrated silicate in northern plain craters, shown on a Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter shaded relief map. Black squares indicate sites investigated with CRISM that did not ... Thursday, 24 June 2010

9. One Year of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Top Ten Finds

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   Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA One year ago today, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) officially reached orbit about the Moon, and in the past 12 months has gathered more digital information ... Wednesday, 23 June 2010

10. Best Class Project Ever: 7th Graders Find a Cave on Mars

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    ... orbiter Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh  ... Wednesday, 23 June 2010

11. Very Clever! LRO Views Huge Lava Tube Skylight in Mare Ingenii

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    ... Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University Is this a window into the interior of the Moon, and an entrance to a potential future lunar habitat? The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken a closer ... Thursday, 17 June 2010

12. Blue Like Mars

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    ... landscape. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took the image on April 13, 2010. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

13. Get Your Mars (and HiRISE) Fix With Over 600 New Images

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    ... on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has just released a big batch of images taken from April 5 to May 6, 2010, and they are now available on NASA's Planetary Data System and on the HiRISE website. ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

14. NASA Releases First Ever Video of Inside of Space Shuttle After Landing

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    NASA has released the first-ever up close video available for the public, taken from inside a space shuttle after landing, showing the checkout procedures and the "towback" to the Orbiter Processing ... Tuesday, 08 June 2010

15. New Mars Maps Show Evidence of Ancient Lakes

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    Hellas Planitia extends across about 50° in longitude and more than 20° in latitude. From data from the Mars Orbiter LaserAltimeter (MOLA). Was the expansive Hellas Basin on Mars at one time a giant ... Monday, 07 June 2010

16. China Launches Fourth Nav Satellite

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    Xichang, China (XNA) Jun 04, 2010 - China successfully launched its fourth orbiter into space at 23:53 Wednesday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

17. Spirit Still In Deep Sleep

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    ... Deep Space Network (DSN) using the Radio Science Receiver (RSR). The Mars Odyssey orbiter is also listening for any scheduled UHF relay passes. If energy levels for the rover are even lower than estimated, ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

18. China To Launch Fourth Orbiter For Global Satellite Navigation Network

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    Xichang, China (XNA) Jun 02, 2010 - China is to launch its fourth orbiter into space as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system. An ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

19. NASA Orbiter Penetrates Mysteries Of Martian Ice Cap

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    Pasadena CA (SPX) May 28, 2010 - Data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have helped scientists solve a pair of mysteries dating back four decades and provided new information about climate change ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

20. Race is on for museums to host retired space shuttles

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    ... unless the orbiters's missions are extended. While the US space agency has already offered Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum, a decision has not yet been made on where the other two shuttles ... Thursday, 27 May 2010