News tagged with orbit insertion
NASA Goddard delivers magnetometers for next mission to Mars
Magnetometers built by scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission have been delivered to the University ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2012 |
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Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Dawn nears start of year-long stay at giant asteroid
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16 and begin gathering science data in early ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2009 |
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