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1. LRO Camera Releases Science Data From First Six Months

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   Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 18, 2010 - NASA is releasing to the Planetary Data System (PDS) the first six months of data acquired by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The PDS serves as NASA's ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

2. Where In The Universe #96

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   ... name the spacecraft responsible for this picture. Post your guesses in the comments section, and check back on later at this same post to find the answer. This week's WITU challenge was submitted ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

3. Planck Reveals Giant Dust Structures in our Local Neighborhood

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   This new image from Planck spans about 50° of the sky. Credits: ESA/HFI Consortium/IRAS Dust has never looked so beautiful! This new image from the Planck spacecraft shows giant filaments of cold dust ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010

4. Green Satellite Fuel Designed To Make Space Safer

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   Paris, France (ESA) Mar 17, 2010 - On the day running up to launch when a spacecraft is fuelled, ground personnel look more like astronauts than engineers, putting on spacesuit-like protective gear. ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

5. Beautiful Cosmic Barbeque Pit

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   ... Explorer, or WISE has been a busy spacecraft since its launch on Dec. 14, 2009. It has found asteroids and comets, and now has found a cosmic barbeque pit. Well, not really, but the green material in ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

6. You, Too Can Find Missing Russian Spacecraft

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   ... at once," said Stooke. And now that the images are readily available for anyone to see, who knows what you can find on the Moon? (...) Read the rest of You, Too Can Find Missing Russian Spacecraft ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

7. You Too Can Find Missing Russian Spacecraft

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   ... at once," said Stooke. And now that the images are readily available for anyone to see, who knows what you can find on the Moon? (...) Read the rest of You Too Can Find Missing Russian Spacecraft ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

8. Cassini the Artist: Shadows, Ringshine, Double Crescent Moons

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   Cassini art. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute I often ponder whether the Cassini spacecraft is a better scientist or artist. I found three recent images from Cassini that definitely give the ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010

9. The Ultimate Space Science Mission

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   Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 - America's space program needs to be bold. U.S. spacecraft must go where no spacecraft have gone before. It must be imaginative, innovative and almost beyond belief. Well, ... Monday, 15 March 2010

10. New Images of Phobos from Mars Express Flyby

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    ... the rocky moon in exquisite detail and also in 3-D. Mars Express orbits the Red Planet in a highly elliptical, polar orbit that brings it close to Phobos every five months, and it is the only spacecraft ... Monday, 15 March 2010

11. China To Conduct Maiden Space Docking In 2011

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    Beijing (XNA) Mar 15, 2010 - China will launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in the first half of 2011, and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft in the second half of the year, to carry out the nation's ... Sunday, 14 March 2010

12. Where In The Universe #95

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    Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here's #95! Take a look and see if you can name where in the Universe this image is from. Give yourself extra points if you can name the spacecraft ... Friday, 12 March 2010

13. Bursting at the Seams

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    ... icy particles, water vapor and organic compounds. This mosaic was created from two high-resolution images that were captured by the narrow-angle camera when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Enceladus ... Thursday, 11 March 2010

14. Is That Titan Or Utah

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    ... working with a "volunteer researcher" who has put his own spin on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, they have found some recognizable analogies to a type of spectacular terrain on Earth known as karst ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

15. Could Phobos Be Hollow?

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    ... body instead of solid. The Mars Express spacecraft made a close flyby of Phobos on Wednesday to help provide more data on the interior of Phobos, and all indications are the event was a big success. The ... Friday, 05 March 2010

16. Follow Closest Flyby of Phobos in Real Time

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    Phobos from Mars Express. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum). Mars Express will skim over the surface of Mars’ largest moon on Wednesday, making the closest flyby of Phobos by any spacecraft. Passing ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

17. MESSENGER's Odometer Reading: Four Billion Miles!

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    Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - The MESSENGER spacecraft has crossed the four-billion-mile mark since its launch. The probe has completed about 81 percent of its journey toward its destination to be ... Monday, 01 March 2010

18. NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits At Moon's North Pole

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    Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near the moon's north pole. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, ... Monday, 01 March 2010

19. Water Ice Found on Moon's North Pole

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    ... using the Mini-SAR instrument on India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft have detected water ice deposits near the moon's north pole. Mini-SAR, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than ... Monday, 01 March 2010

20. Look for "Flood" of News This Week About Water on the Moon

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    Artist impression of LCROSS approaching the Moon. Credit: NASA Almost five months ago, the LCROSS spacecraft had an abrupt end to its flight when it impacted a crater on the Moon's south pole. ... Monday, 01 March 2010