The Sunrise mission is an adventure: Carried by a giant helium balloon, the unmanned observatory peers at the Sun from an altitude of more than 35 kilometers; several days of flight are followed by a parachute landing. Twice ...
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Oct 7, 2019
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NASA's InSight lander captured a series of sunrise and sunset images.
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May 2, 2019
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NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik photographed Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft at sunrise, prior to its departure from the International Space Station at 8:11 a.m., Dec. 6, 2017. Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Mark Vande ...
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Dec 7, 2017
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scillating fibrils, explosive increases in temperature, and the footprints of coronal loops: 13 articles published today provide an overview of the results of the second flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise.
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Mar 24, 2017
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Sometimes, the universe seems bent on hiding the most glorious of events right in plain sight. Just a such an event occurs next week, when the slender waning crescent moon occults the planet Venus for observers across Europe, ...
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Mar 30, 2016
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Our five closest planetary neighbors are putting on a heavenly show.
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Jan 21, 2016
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It's crunch time for a comet from the fringes of the solar system as it hurtles toward a close encounter with the sizzling sun.
Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Four years after its first mission, the Sunrise team is preparing the balloon-borne solar observatory for a second flight. The launch is expected in the next days.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2013
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(AP)—The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour began a journey to its new life as a museum piece Wednesday, heading west on the last ferry flight of its kind as NASA shuts down its shuttle program.
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Sep 19, 2012
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Summer is a good time to relax, sleep late, enjoy a break from school or work. Waking before sunrise is just not done.
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Jul 4, 2012
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