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Cassini Returns Images Of Bright Jets At EnceladusPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2010 NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully dipped near the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 30. NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully dipped near the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Nov. 30. Though Cassini's closest approach took it to within about 48 kilometers (30 miles) of the moon's northern hemisphere, the spacecraft also captured shadowy images of the tortured south polar terrain and the brilliant jets that spray out from it. Many of the raw images feature darkened terrain ... read more |
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 Cassini Back To Normal, Ready For Enceladus NASA's Cassini spacecraft resumed normal operations, Nov. 24. All science instruments have been turned back on, the spacecraft is properly configured and Cassini is in good health. Mission managers ... more | .. |
  Neptec Wins Canadian Space Agency Contract To Develop A New Generation Of Lunar Rovers Neptec Design Group has won a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the new Lunar Exploration Light Rover (LELR) - an exciting new generation of space exploration technology. ... more | .. |
  Condition Of China's Lunar Probe To Determine Future Application The chief designer of China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, said on Tuesday that the probe's "fate" would depend on its actual condition when it finishes its mission about six months later ... more | .. |
  Russia To Launch Unmanned Lander To Martian Moon In October 2011 The head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, said here on Sunday that the launch of an unmanned lander to one of the moon of Mars, Phobos, was scheduled for October 2011. ... more |
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 Mission to far side of moon proposed A U.S. aerospace company says it is proposing a mission to send a crew to a stationary spot in orbit over the far side of the moon. ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch Unmanned Lander To Martian Moon In October 2011 The head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, said here on Sunday that the launch of an unmanned lander to one of the moon of Mars, Phobos, was scheduled for October 2011. ... more | .. |
 NASA Mars Rover Images Honor Apollo 12 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has visited and photographed two craters informally named for the spacecraft that carried men to the moon 41 years ago this week. Opportunity drove pa ... more | .. |
 Mining On The Moon Is A Not-So-Distant Possibility While lunar mining might some day be economically feasible for countries and companies, a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher believes strongly that mining in space is essential ... more |
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 A Softer Landing on the Moon Getting something onto the surface of the Moon intact is always a challenge. Gravity pulls you in. There's no atmosphere to slow you down. Parachutes don't work. Your only hope is to use thrusters t ... more | .. |
 New Analysis Explains Formation Of Lunar Farside Bulge A bulge of elevated topography on the farside of the Moon - known as the lunar farside highlands - has defied explanation for decades. But a new study led by researchers at the University of Califor ... more | .. |
 China Announces Success Of Chang'e-2 Lunar Probe Mission Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Monday unveiled an image of the moon's Sinus Iridum, or Bay of Rainbows, photographed by Chang'e-2, marking the success of China's second lunar probe mission. Premie ... more | .. |
 New type of moon rock identified U.S. scientists say a new type of rock on the moon, the first new variety identified in decades, is probably ancient material born deep inside the moon. ... more |
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 Moon Express Enters $30 Million Google Lunar X PRIZE Competition Moon Express has announced its official entry into the Google Lunar X PRIZE - a $30 million competition that challenges space professionals and engineers from across the globe to build and launch to ... more | .. |
 Dead Spacecraft Walking A pair of NASA spacecraft that were supposed to be dead last year are instead flying to the Moon for a breakthrough mission in lunar orbit. "Their real names are THEMIS P1 and P2, but I call t ... more | .. |
 Surviving Lunar Dangers Space takes its toll on humans and equipment. Go into deep space, and the environment becomes even more hostile. Land on the Moon, and you're facing the most dangerous place humans have explored bey ... more | .. |
 Collision Spills New Moon Secrets Scientists led by Brown University are offering the first detailed explanation of the crater formed when a NASA rocket and spacecraft slammed into the Moon last October and information about the com ... more |
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NASA Awards Contract To Team FREDNET Google Lunar X PRIZE Contender Team FREDNET has been awarded a NASA Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contract at the maximum government purchase value of $10.01 million. As a recipient of this ILDD contract, Team FREDN ... more | .. |
 LRO Supports Historic Lunar Impact Mission The lunar rocks brought back to the Earth by the Apollo astronauts were found to have very little water, and to be much drier than rocks on Earth. An explanation for this was that the Moon formed bi ... more | .. |
 LRO Detects Surprising Gases In LCROSS Lunar Impact Plume NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sophisticated suite of instruments have determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shaded soils on t ... more | .. |
 Spring Has Sprung ... On Titan NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back dreamy raw images of Saturn's moon Titan that show the appearance of clouds around the moon's midsection. These bright clouds likely appeared because th ... more |
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Moon's 'treasure chest' includes silver : study Lunar soil is richer than previously thought, with traces of silver among the complex mix of elements and compounds found within one of the moon's craters, according to a study published Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Cassini Clocks Nine Moons In 62 Hours 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 spa ... more | .. |
NASA to buy private moon data NASA has signed contracts with U.S. six teams competing to design, build and launch private moon probes to purchase their lunar data, agency officials say. The six teams are competing in the Goog ... more | .. |
  The Earth Is Not Round Some 50 years ago, when the first artificial satellite was launched, it was generally thought the Earth was spherical in shape. Of course, the existence of surface anomalies such as mountains, valle ... more |
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