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December 20, 2010
MOON DAILY
Red Moon: Lunar eclipse will make it a memorable solstice
Paris (AFP) Dec 19, 2010
Weather permitting, skygazers in northern America and Europe are in for a treat in the early morning hours of Tuesday, when the first total lunar eclipse in almost three years is poised to turn the Moon pink, coppery or even a blood red. Coinciding eerily with the northern hemisphere's mid-winter solstice, the eclipse will happen because the Sun, the Earth and its satellite are directly aligned, and the Moon swings into the cone of shadow cast by its mother planet. The Moon does not become invis ... read more

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ECLIPSES

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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Spots Potential Ice Volcano On Saturn Moon
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock. Topography and surface composition data hav ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

IBEX Makes First-Ever Images Of Magnetotail Structures
Invisible to the naked eye, yet massive in structure around the Earth is the magnetosphere, the region of space around the planet that ebbs and flows in response to the million-mile-per-hour flow of ... more
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SATURN DAILY

How Iapetus Got Its Ridge
For centuries, people wondered how the leopard got its spots. The consensus is pretty solid that evolution played a major role. But it's only been five years since the arrival of high-resoluti ... more
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EXO WORLDS

NASA Scientists Theorize Final Growth Spurt For Planets
A team of NASA-funded researchers has unveiled a new theory that contends planets gained the final portions of their mass from a limited number of large comet or asteroid impacts more than 4.5 billi ... more
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SPACEMART

DLR And NASA Conclude Bilateral Framework Agreement
The German Aerospace Center and NASA concluded a framework agreement for bilateral cooperation in Washington D.C. on 8 December 2010. The agreement was signed by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden ... more
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MOON DAILY

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
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MOON DAILY

Robotic Excavations Could Help Get Helium 3 From Moon To Earth
Former ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair has outlined the possibility of getting Helium-3, found on the moon, through "robotic excavations" to earth, in an attempt to resolve the planet's future energy ne ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Returns Images Of Bright Jets At Enceladus
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 ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Finds Warm Cracks On Enceladus
New images and data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft give scientists a unique Saturn-lit view of active fissures through the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. They reveal a more complicat ... more
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SATURN DAILY

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 mana ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Finds Ethereal Atmosphere At Rhea
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a very tenuous atmosphere known as an exosphere, infused with oxygen and carbon dioxide around Saturn's icy moon Rhea. This is the first time a spacecraft has ... more
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SATURN DAILY

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
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MOON DAILY

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
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DRAGON SPACE

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
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MOON DAILY

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
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MARSDAILY

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
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EXO LIFE
Qatar-Led International Team Finds Its First Alien World

Planetary Family Portrait Reveals Another Exoplanet

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China Launches Seventh Orbiter For Indigenous Global SatNav System

Universal Address And GPS Enhanced Google Maps For iPhones

New GeoGroups App Reinvents Geo-Social Experience

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China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

EXO LIFE
Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

Peak viewing for 'shooting stars' meteor show

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Research Points To Better Understanding Of Carbon In Comets

MegaPhase RF Cables Enable Conclusion Of Seven-Year Deep Space Program

Study: Earth's precious metals from space

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MOON DAILY

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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MOON DAILY

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
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DRAGON SPACE

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
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MOON DAILY

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 DAILY

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
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MOON DAILY

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
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MOON DAILY

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
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MOON DAILY

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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