Datasets relayed back to Earth by the NASA MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft are painting an increasingly clearer image of the closest planet to the Sun. Astronomers now know more about the planet than ever before. MESSENGER is the first-ever spacecraft to be injecte... |
17 June 2011
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According to a new set of calculations compiled by researchers at the American space agency, it would appear that the Voyager 1 spacecraft may exit the solar system, and enter interstellar space, a lot earlier than previously thought. In fact, this could happen at any time.The new calculations are based on data provi... |
16 June 2011
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Less than two weeks after the NASA MESSENGER probe became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, it managed to send back the first-ever orbital view of the innermost planet in the solar system.The image depicts a dark landscape, that bears the marks of repeated meteorite and asteroid impacts which scarred its surface... |
30 March 2011
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NASA scientists were able to insert the first spacecraft ever into orbit around Mercury, after the probe spent more than 6 years traveling through the inner solar system. MESSENGER achieved the critical mission milestone on Thursday, March 17.During the maneuver, the vehicle had to slow its speed down by about 1,900 ... |
18 March 2011
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Excitement is currently building up at NASA and in the international scientific community over the fact that the first long-term observations spacecraft is about to achieve orbital insertion around Mercury. The innermost planet in our solar system is very little understood at this point, and experts hope that the sp... |
16 March 2011
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In addition to supplying space agencies with invaluable data on the moons of Saturn and the gas giant itself, the Cassini spacecraft is also helping in our quest to learn more about our solar system. As we move through the local Milky Way galaxy, the space probe is taking non-stop measurements as to the nature of our... |
20 November 2009
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