News tagged with endeavour
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Fingernail-sized satellites depart on Endeavor's last run
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Opportunity begins study of martian crater, new samples 'unlike any seen before'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows surface compositional differences from anything the robot has studied in its first 7.5 years of exploration.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Astronauts unveil phenomenal new window on world
(AP) -- In a highly anticipated grand finale to their mission, astronauts opened the shutters on the International Space Station's new observation deck Wednesday and were humbled by "absolutely spectacular" ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Image: Mars Rover Sees Distant Crater Rims on Horizon
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured a new view of the rim of Endeavour crater, the rover's destination in a multi-year traverse along the sandy Martian landscape.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 03, 2010 |
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Dark shadows on Mars: Scene from durable NASA rover
(Phys.org) -- Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2012 |
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Video documents three-year trek on Mars by NASA rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team took an end-of-drive image on ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Surviving NASA rover nears rim of Martian crater
(AP) -- Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 08, 2011 |
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New Mars rover snapshots capture Endeavour crater vistas
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured new images of intriguing Martian terrain from a small crater near the rim of the large Endeavour crater. The rover arrived at the 13-mile-diameter ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Mars rover Opportunity on verge of new discovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after Labor Day 2011, the Mars rover Opportunity was poised on the rim of the 22,000 meter-wide Endeavour Crater, preparing to sample a novel rock type. Much older than the sedimentary ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Woman's plane photos of space shuttle go viral
(AP) -- Groggy from a late night watching the Yankees, frigid from a chilled airplane cabin, Stefanie Gordon stirred to action after the pilot's announcement. Lifting her iPhone to the plane's window, she ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2011 |
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NASA studying 2 new space shuttle problems
(AP) -- NASA is taking a close look at two new problems on space shuttle Endeavour.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Endeavour to bring high-tech 'sunroom' to ISS
The US space shuttle Endeavour will carry the last major component needed to complete the International Space Station and a high-tech "sunroom" called a cupola next week, officials said Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2010 |
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Deep space capsule comes alive with first weld
(PhysOrg.com) -- Construction began this week on the first new NASA spacecraft built to take humans to orbit since space shuttle Endeavour left the factory in 1991, and marked a significant milestone in carrying ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2011 |
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ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 05, 2009 |
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US shuttle to bring Tranquility to space station
The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts are preparing for a weekend mission to deliver a space module dubbed Tranquility to the International Space Station (ISS).
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 06, 2010 |
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