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November 21, 2009 Cassini Sends Back Images of Enceladus as Winter NearsNASA's Cassini spacecraft has sailed seamlessly through the Nov. 21 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and started transmitting uncalibrated temperature data and images of the rippling terrain. |
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November 20, 2009 Popular Science and Popular Mechanics Magazines Honor KeplerNASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has earned the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award from Popular Science and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics. |
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November 19, 2009 Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's CuspNASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing "tiger stripes" before winter darkness blankets the area for several years. |
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November 19, 2009 Cassini's Big Sky: The View from the Center of Our Solar SystemWhen NASA's Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the Saturnian system. |
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November 18, 2009 Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead AgainBecause the first extrication drive for Spirit, on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17), stopped as soon as it began due to an exceeded tilt limit, the plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) will essentially be a repeat of the first drive plan, but with improved rover attitude knowledge. |
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November 18, 2009 NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to SmithsonianTwo key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis last May. |
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November 17, 2009 Tilt Parameters End First Extrication DriveThe preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt than permitted. |
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November 17, 2009 NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become MartiansNASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site for Internet users to advance their knowledge about Mars while having fun at the same time. |
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November 17, 2009 NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole SkyNASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. |
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November 16, 2009 Team Prepares to Uplink Commands to SpiritTeam Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit. Today (Monday, Nov. 16), driving commands are being prepared to instruct Spirit to attempt to drive forward. |
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