2007: An Out-of-This-World Year
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January 2007
Saturn's moon Titan has liquid lakes
Earth-observing instrument tracks origin and movement of water vapor
February 2007
Spitzer Telescope collects light from planets outside our solar system
March 2007
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides new views of rover sites
Cassini: Enceladus geysers mask length of Saturn’s day
April 2007
Spitzer Telescope finds planets thrive around stellar twins
May 2007
Mars rover Spirit unearths evidence of wetter past at Guvev Crater
June 2007
Cassini team finds possible activity on Saturn’s moons Dione and Tethys
July 2007
Rovers brave severe dust storms on Mars
August 2007
Phoenix launches on a journey to Mars
Greenland Moulin Exploration studies ice flow dynamics
September 2007
Dawn on its way to encounters with asteroids Vesta and Ceres
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Main engines start. One, zero and liftoff of the Delta II rocket with Dawn, using ion propulsion to reach the catalysts of our solar system.
Voyagers mark 30 years of flight
The Cassini spacecraft captures close-up views of the moon Iapetus
October 2007
NASA extends operations for Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity
JPL to lead lunar robotic surface mobility
November 2007
CloudSat data shows promise for determining hurricane strength
December 2007
GRAIL mission selected to study our moon’s interior
JPL’s Wide Field & Planetary Camera 2 sends new views of Mars