 |  SMART-1 detects calcium on the Moon
Thanks to measurements by the D-CIXS X-ray spectrometer, ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has made the first ever unambiguous remote-sensing detection of calcium on the Moon.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/moon_thumb.jpgSMART-1 is currently performing the verification and calibration of...  |
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06-09-2005
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06-07-2005
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| | NASA Readies Phoenix For 2007 Launch
NASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander on to the icy ground of the far-northern Martian plains.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/lander_small_thumb.jpgNASA's Phoenix lander is designed to examine the site for potential habitats for water ice, and to... |
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06-03-2005
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| | Voyager Spacecraft Enters Solar System's Final Frontier
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered the solar system's final frontier. It is entering a vast, turbulent expanse, where the sun's influence ends and the solar wind crashes into the thin gas between stars.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/heliosphere_thumb.jpg"Voyager 1... |
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05-31-2005
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05-24-2005
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| | Mars Express radar to be deployed
Following green light for the deployment of ESA’s Mars Express radar, given in February this year, the radar booms are now planned to be deployed in the first half of May.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/marsis_water400_thumb.jpgOnce the deployment is successful, the Mars... |
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05-09-2005
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05-05-2005
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| | NASA MSFC to Begin Test of Solar Sail
NASA engineers and their industry partners are preparing to test two 20-meter (66-feet) long solar sail propulsion system designs -- a critical milestone in development of a unique propulsion technology using the Sun's energy that could lead to future deep space missions. ... |
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04-08-2005
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| | New Camera for Extrasolar Planets
It hasn't found planets yet - but in its first year of operation, the instrument has already proved its worth.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/ABDoradusA_329341_thumb.jpgFor the better part of a year, an international team of astronomers has been working with a powerful new... |
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04-06-2005
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| | Durable Mars Rovers Sent Into Third Overtime Period
NASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/mars_rover_thumb.jpg"The rovers... |
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04-05-2005
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03-21-2005
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03-16-2005
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03-14-2005
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03-14-2005
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| | Rosetta performs ESA's closest-ever Earth fly-by
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft performed ESA's closest-ever Earth fly-by on Friday, gaining an essential gravity boost in its ten-year, 7.1 billion kilometre flight to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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03-06-2005
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03-04-2005
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| | First Rosetta Fly-By of Earth
The European Space Agency's comet-chaser Rosetta will make a fly-by of planet Earth on 4 March 2005, and sky watchers should be able to see it with telescopes or binoculars if the sky is clear.
http://www.hypography.com/gallery/files/5/15_flyearth_L2_thumb.jpgRosetta is approaching... |
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03-01-2005
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02-23-2005
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02-22-2005
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| | Using global warming to create conditions for life on Mars
Injecting synthetic "super" greenhouse gases into the Martian atmosphere could raise the planet's temperature enough to melt its polar ice caps and create conditions suitable for sustaining biological life.
http://www.hypography.com/gallery/files/5/00000157_thumb.jpgIn fact, a team... |
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02-04-2005
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