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1. Is That Titan Or Utah

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Improving the Conversation: NASA Begins Upgrade to Deep Space Network

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... or keeping track of where the spacecraft are with radiometric tracking data so that spacecraft navigators can get probes exactly where the scientists want them to go. The three 70-meter antennas, located ... Friday, 26 February 2010

9. Pluto Approach Begins

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2010 - Another milestone passed! Today NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is 15.96 astronomical units (about 2.39 billion kilometers, or 1.48 billion miles) from the Sun - putting ... Thursday, 25 February 2010

10. Multi-Beam Antenna Integrated With First MUOS Satellite

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    ... of the Multi Beam Antenna (MBA) with the spacecraft system module and core structure. ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

11. Where In The Universe Challenge #93

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... submitted by UT reader Rob Bowman. Rob is hoping to stump everyone this week, but try to guess/name where in the Universe this image is from, and give yourself extra points if you can name the spacecraft ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

12. New Citizen Science Opportunity: Solar Storm Watch

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... are a potential radiation hazard for spacecraft and astronauts alike and together we hope to provide advanced warning of their arrival at Earth." (...) Read the rest of New Citizen Science Opportunity: ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

13. Zooming In On Heat At Baghdad Sulcus

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... Cassini spacecraft during its Nov. 21, 2009, flyby of that moon. The fissure, named Baghdad Sulcus, is one of four so-called "tiger stripe" features that emit jets of water vapor and ice particles. ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

14. Cassini Finds "Heat" and More Geysers on Enceladus

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    Newly released images from last November's close flyby over Saturn's icy moon Enceladus the Cassini spacecraft reveal geyser jets spraying all along the prominent fractures, or "tiger ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

15. With a Name Like GOES-P, This Satellite Has to be Good

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    The final spacecraft in the "GOES" series of NASA and NOAA geostationary environmental weather satellites is ready for launch. GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

16. TDRS Spacecraft Pass System Level Reviews

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    Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L program completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) in El Segundo, Calif. on ... Monday, 22 February 2010

17. Behold The Violent History Of Saturn's White Whale Moon

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    Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2010 - Like the battered white whale Moby Dick taunting Captain Ahab, Saturn's moon Prometheus surges toward the viewer in a 3-D image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... Monday, 22 February 2010

18. Cool Movie: SDO Destroys A Sundog

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... spacecraft the "crown jewel" of NASA's heliophysics fleet. SDO will beam back IMAX-quality images of solar explosions and peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's magnetic dynamo in action. ... Monday, 22 February 2010

19. Stardust-NExT Spacecraft Fires Engines To Delay Arrival At Comet

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    Denver CO (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - NASA's Stardust-NExT (New Exploration of Tempel) spacecraft fired its engines for 22 minutes 53 seconds on Feb. 17 to purposely delay its arrival at comet Tempel 1 by 8 ... Friday, 19 February 2010

20. Double Spaceship Sighting Alert!

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... The two spacecraft will be seen as separate but closely-spaced points of light. The ISS is bigger, so will appear as the brighter object trailing the smaller Endeavour as they move across the sky. Double ... Friday, 19 February 2010