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1. Wild 2: If You Were There

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   On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA's Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt-2"). Among the equipment the spacecraft carried on board was a navigation camera.that Comet Wild 2 is about ... Monday, 26 July 2010

2. Prometheus: the Michelangelo of Saturn

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   Saturn's moon Prometheus creates streamer channels in the planet's rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute I've frequently said the Cassini spacecraft is an artist, so when Carolyn Porco, ... Monday, 26 July 2010

3. WISE Mission Completes All-sky Infrared Survey

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   ... on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have no pity for you. Their spacecraft just finished photographing the entire sky in exquisite detail: a total of 1.3 million photos. "The ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

4. Celebrating Apollo 11

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   NASA and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) officials joined with flight controllers to celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in the Mission Control Center. From left foreground ... Monday, 19 July 2010

5. Best Reality TV Ever: Camera Will Take Video of Next Mars Rover Landing

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   This graphic portrays the sequence of key events in August 2012 from the time the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, with its rover Curiosity, enters the Martian atmosphere to a moment after it ... Monday, 19 July 2010

6. Virgin's Spaceship Enterprise Makes First Crewed Flight

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   ... Scaled Composites – the builders of the spacecraft – called the flight a "significant milestone as the team marches towards the first solo flights." Numerous combined vehicle systems tests ... Monday, 19 July 2010

7. Latest Look at Mercury Reveals Surprises

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   ... courtesy of Science/AAAS. Younger volcanoes, stronger magnetic storms and a more intriguing exosphere: three new papers from data gathered during the MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of Mercury ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

8. The View From Easter Island

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   ... by the Williams College Expedition to Easter Island and was embedded with an image of the sun’s outer corona taken by the Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) on the SOHO spacecraft and shown ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

9. Farewell Lutetia

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   On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, with NASA instruments aboard, flew past asteroid Lutetia on Saturday, July 10. The ... Monday, 12 July 2010

10. Rosetta Meets Asteroid Lutetia

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    Lutetia at closest approach. Image credit: ESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Over the weekend, the Rosetta spacecraft flew by asteroid Lutetia, returning the first close ... Monday, 12 July 2010

11. Watch Live Webcast of Rosetta Flyby of Asteroid Lutetia July 10

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    Rosetta captured this image of asteroid (21) Lutetia on July 9, 2010, at 01:00 UTC, when the spacecraft was still about two million kilometers (and 36 hours) from the asteroid. Credit: ESA 2010 MPS for ... Friday, 09 July 2010

12. Smoother Landings

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    Spacecraft attempting to land on an unfamiliar surface need to perform a maneuver called “deep throttling" -- a step that allows the vehicle to precisely throttle down to perform a smooth, controlled landing. ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010

13. Small Moon Makes Big Waves

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    ... within a small gap, this variability causes the waves seen in the edges of the gap. We've only known about Daphnis' existence since 2005, one of the many discoveries made by the Cassini spacecraft, ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010

14. Hayabusa Sample Return Canister Opened, Contains Material

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    Hayabusa's sample return canister was opened to reveal a small particle inside. Credit: JAXA The sample return canister from the Hayabusa spacecraft has been opened, and does contain a small amount of ... Tuesday, 06 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. A Rover Gets Its Wheels

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    ... with the mobility system -- wheels and suspension -- in place after installation on June 28 and 29. Spacecraft engineers and technicians are assembling and testing the rover in a large cleanroom at NASA's ... Wednesday, 30 June 2010

17. Where In The Universe #110

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    ... name the spacecraft/telescope responsible for this picture. Post your guesses in the comments section, and check back on later at this same post to find the answer. To make this challenge fun for everyone, ... Wednesday, 30 June 2010

18. Ghostly Encounter

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    ... visible blue light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 10, 2010. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) from Dione and 2.7 ... Monday, 28 June 2010

19. Spacecraft to Make Final Flyby of Earth

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    EPOXI mission patch. Credit: University of Maryland The re-purposed Deep Impact spacecraft will make one final flyby of Earth on Sunday June 27, 2010, getting a gravity assist to help propel the spacecraft ... Friday, 25 June 2010

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

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    ... University, which takes advantage of the huge database of images taken by the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The students found the skylight pit on the slope of an equatorial volcano named Pavonis Mons, and ... Wednesday, 23 June 2010