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Cassini Sends Home Data From Close Flyby
Follow along as the Cassini science and engineering teams blog about the Oct. 9 close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Post your comments.
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artist concept of Odyssey NASA's Mars Odyssey Shifting Orbit for Extended Mission
The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets.
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La Mancha trench Phoenix Lander Digs and Analyzes Soil as Darkness Gathers
As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis.
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close-up view of Enceladus Cassini Plans Doubleheader Flybys of Saturn's Geyser Moon
As major league baseball readies for the World Series, NASA's Cassini team will come to bat twice this month when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's geyser moon, Enceladus.
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Titan NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute
NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country, including two from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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deformation bands in Martian bedrock NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone.
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Stardust capsule on ground NASA Stardust Capsule to Go on Display at Smithsonian
Having returned the world's first particles from a comet, NASA's Stardust sample return capsule will join the collection of flight icons in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
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Artist concept of the heliosphere Ulysses Reveals Global Solar Wind Plasma Output at 50-Year Low
Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available.
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Rock moved by Mars lander Mars Lander Moves Rock to Study What's Beneath
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander slid a rock into a nearby trench Monday to gain access to the soil under the rock.
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rock nicknamed Headless NASA's Phoenix Lander Might Peek Under a Rock
If the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can nudge a rock aside today, scientists on the Phoenix team would like to see what's underneath.
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Preview two flybys of Saturn’s geyser moon Enceladus. The first, on Oct. 9, will bring Cassini within about 16 miles of the moon’s surface.
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The Stardust-NExT mission recycles the already "in flight" Stardust spacecraft to flyby and investigate comet Tempel 1 in Feb. 2011.
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