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Cassini Clocks Nine Moons In 62 HoursPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2010 Taking a long-weekend road trip, NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully glided near nine Saturnian moons, sending back a stream of raw images as mementos of its adrenaline-fueled expedition. The spacecraft sent back particularly intriguing images of the moons Dione and Rhea. The Dione and Rhea pictures are the highest-resolution views yet of parts of their surfaces. The views of the southern part of Dione's leading hemisphere (the part of the moon that faces forward in its orbit around Saturn) and ... read more |
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  Four Chinese Lunar Landers Mooted For years, the official line on China's robot lunar program was a simple case of 1-2-3. There would be an orbiter (Chang'e 1) followed by a lander bearing a rover (Chang'e 2), and finally, a robot l ... more | .. |
  Europa's Hidden Ice Chemistry The frigid ice of Jupiter's moon Europa may be hiding more than a presumed ocean: it is likely the scene of some unexpectedly fast chemistry between water and sulfur dioxide at extremely cold temper ... more | .. |
 Chang'e-2 Heads For Moon China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, was maneuvered to correct its trajectory on the earth-moon transfer orbit Saturday. Scientists successfully activated the attitude control engines ... more | .. |
  China Scouts Moon Landing Sites China's second lunar mission, Chang'e 2, will perform several tasks during its flight. Some of these are purely scientific, aimed at helping us to understand the Moon and the space around it. ... more | .. |
 NASA official: Moon still matters NASA new direction of sending astronauts to the asteroids or Mars doesn't mean a return to the moon is out of the question, the U.S. agency's deputy head says. NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Gar ... more |
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Xichang, China (XNA) Oct 01, 2010A rocket carrying China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e II, is at its final stage of preparation before launch, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in southwestern Sichuan Province said Thursday. Fueling of the Long March 3C rocket, the last procedure before its launch, began at 9 a.m. on Sept. 30. Fu Jumei, of the XSLC, said the rocket's first and second stage boosters ... more 
Xichang, China (XNA) Sep 30, 2010China will launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e II, at an appropriate time between Oct. 1 and 3, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in southwest China's Sichuan Province announced Wednesday. Fueling of the Long March CZ-3C rocket will begin on Sept. 30. The lunar probe will test key technology for Chang'e III, collect data for future landings of Chang'e III and Chang'e IV, ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Sept 28, 2010Long-lost footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module will be screened in public for the first time in Sydney next week, a prominent astronomer told AFP. The footage runs for a few minutes and is considered to be some of the best footage of the historic 1969 moonwalk, but the film was lost in archives for many years and was badly damaged when found, said Joh ... more |
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Cassini Gazes At Veiled TitanPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2010 NASA's Cassini spacecraft will swing high over Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Sept. 24, taking a long, sustained look at the hazy moon. At closest approach, Cassini will fly within 8,175 kilometers (5,080 miles) above the hazy moon's surface. This flyby is the first in a series of high-altitude Titan flybys for Cassini over the next year and a half. Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer instrument will be probing Titan's stratosphere to learn more about its vertical structure as the seas ... read more |
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