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Cassini Marks Holidays With Dramatic Views Of RheaPasadena CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2010 Newly released for the holidays, images of Saturn's second largest moon Rhea obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the moon's surface, revealing a history of tectonic rumbling. The images are among the highest-resolution views ever obtained of Rhea. "These recent, high-resolution Cassini images help us put Saturn's moon in the context of the moons' geological family tree," said Paul Helfenstein, Cassini imaging team associate, based at Co ... read more |
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  Dextre's Final Exam Scheduled For December 22-23 On December 22-23, 2010, Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency's robotic handyman aboard the International Space Station (ISS), will undertake a series of tasks that will officially certify the robot fo ... more | .. |
 DLR Researchers Compile Atlas Of Saturn's Moon Rhea, An Icy Alien World Researchers at the German Aerospace Center have compiled an atlas of Saturn's second largest moon, Rhea, which has been published by NASA. The atlas includes a number of high-resolution images and a ... more | .. |
  NASA Seeks Proposals For Tech Flight Demos And Info About Suborbital Flight Services NASA is seeking proposals from researchers interested in testing new technologies during suborbital flights. The agency also is requesting information from commercial suborbital reusable launch vehi ... more | .. |
  NASA Awards First Half-Million Order In Lunar Data Contract NASA has awarded the initial half-million-dollar task order from a $10 million NASA contract to Astrobotic Technology for a robotic expedition to the Moon. "The amazingly short turnaround betw ... more |
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  Mission To Pluto And Beyond Marks 10 Years Since Project Inception Billy Joel wrote a song, "This is the Time," and my favorite verse from that old piece goes like this: "This is the time to remember, 'Cause it will not last forever, These are the days to hold on ... more | .. |
  Goodrich Begins Environmental Test Of ORS-1 Satellite Goodrich has begun environmental testing of ORS-1, the first satellite in the Operationally Responsive Space program designed to support Combatant Command operations. The testing will validate satel ... more | .. |
  Workers Focus On Shuttle Rollback Preps Having collected data through the weekend from Friday's tanking test on space shuttle Discovery, workers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are preparing the shuttle for a return to the Vehicle Assembly ... more | .. |
  Orbital Test Fires First Stage Engine For Taurus II Rocket Orbital Sciences has announced that it successfully carried out a long-duration test firing of the liquid-fueled AJ26 rocket engine that will power the first stage of the company's Taurus II space l ... more |
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  NASA Discovers Asteroid Delivered Assortment Of Meteorites An international team of scientists studying remnants of an asteroid that crashed into the Nubian Desert in October 2008 discovered it contained at least 10 different types of meteorites. Some of th ... more | .. |
 Asteroid's Coat Of Many Colors An international team of scientists studying remnants of an asteroid that crashed into the Nubian Desert in October 2008 discovered it contained at least 10 different types of meteorites. Some of th ... more | .. |
 NASA tests aging shuttle after failed launch NASA carried out tests on the external fuel tank of the aging shuttle Discovery on Friday after strange cracks appeared during a countdown last month which delayed its final launch into space. ... more | .. |
  Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets Web users around the globe will be able to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets thanks to a new online citizen science project called Planet Hunters. Planet Hun ... more |
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 Japan's low-cost space programme pushes the limits Despite its shoestring budget, Japan's space programme has boldly reached for the stars, pioneering solar-powered galactic travel, exploring a distant asteroid and planning a robot base on the Moon. ... more | .. |
  NASA's arsenic life-form scientist answers critics The NASA-funded scientist whose discovery of a bacterium that thrives on arsenic prompted an avalanche of criticism responded Thursday with a statement answering questions about her research. ... more | .. |
 Fuel error cost Russia three navigation satellites: official The costly launch failure that caused Russia to delay the deployment of its own satellite system was the result of a fuel miscalculation, a commission charged with probing the accident said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Russian rocket docks with space station A Russian Soyuz space rocket carrying three astronauts on Friday docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's mission control said. ... more |
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New Zealand military releases UFO files The New Zealand military released hundreds of previously classified reports Wednesday detailing claims of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings and alien encounters. ... more | .. |
 Paolo Nespoli Arrives At ISS The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft docked this evening with the International Space Station carrying ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli and his crewmates Dmitri Kondratyev and Catherine Coleman. They will stay in ... more | .. |
 NASA's LRO Creating Unprecedented Topographic Map Of Moon NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is allowing researchers to create the most precise and complete map to date of the moon's complex, heavily cratered landscape. "This dataset is being used t ... more | .. |
 Voyager Crosses Point Of Solar Stillness The 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now hurtling toward interstellar ... more |
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  Robot Arm Improves Performance Of Brain-Controlled Device The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new stu ... more | .. |
 Virgin Galactic To Join NASA Submissions For Orbital Spaceflights Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has announced that it will be supporting Sierra Nevada Space Systems' (SNC) and Orbital Sciences Corporation's (OSC) work on commercial space vehicles. Fo ... more | .. |
 Total Lunar Eclipse: 'Up All Night' With NASA The December holiday sky show doesn't stop with the Geminid meteor shower - this year, the moon is also bringing a holiday gift. In the very early morning of December 21, or late night of December 2 ... more | .. |
  ISRO Puts Off GSLV Launch The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s next Geosynchronous Satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-FO6) flight from the Satish Dhawan spaceport at Sriharikota, 100 km north of here, scheduled for Mo ... more |
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