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Ames celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pioneer 10

Launched on March 2,1972, Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to travel through the Asteroid belt, and the first spacecraft to make direct observations and obtain close-up images of Jupiter. Famed as the most remote object ...

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists complete first geological global map of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede

Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of the Solar System’s largest moon - and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite.

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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How interstellar beacons could help future astronauts find their way across the universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of stars, planets and stellar constellations for navigation was of fundamental importance for mankind for thousands of years. Now a group of scientists at the Max-Planck Institute ...

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io details an otherworldly volcanic surface

More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists led by Arizona State University (ASU) has produced the first complete global geologic map ...

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Czechs sign deal to host EU's satellite navigation

(AP) -- The Czech government has signed a deal for Prague to host the headquarters of an ambitious satellite navigation system that is meant to become the main rival to the U.S. Global Positioning System.

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Galileo to image objects in geosynchronous orbit faster

Military satellites are critical sources of communications and data for today's operations environments. Through DARPA's Phoenix program, usable antennas or solar arrays from retired satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO ...

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created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twin probes to circle moon to study gravity field

The moon has come a long way since Galileo first peered at it through a telescope. Unmanned probes have circled around it and landed on its surface. Twelve American astronauts have walked on it. And lunar ...

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created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 25

More accurate than Santa Claus: First Galileo satellite orbit determination with high precision

Every year for Christmas, the North American Air Defence Command NORAD posts an animation on their website, in which the exact flight path of Santa Claus' sled led by reindeer Rudolf is precisely located (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/). The path of navigation satellites, however, ...

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created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As Voyager 1 nears edge of solar system, scientists look back

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time, and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists find evidence for 'great lake' on Jupiter's moon Europa, potential new habitat for life

In a significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere have discovered what appears to be a body of liquid water the volume of the North ...

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (38) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

Will Red Planet rover send groundbreaking data over?

One of the most sophisticated space vehicles ever made inches along the rocky landscape, aluminum wheels grinding like a spoon in a garbage disposal.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 14

Russian cargo ship launched to space station

A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch.

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created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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