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Since mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are planning to move the Cassini spacecraft from an equatorial to a polar orbit around Saturn, most of the gas giant's moons will no longer cross paths with the orbiter for around three years.
As such, the new color-composite photo of the largest ... |
15 May 2012
11:08 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Cassini spacecraft will carry out a new flyby over the Saturnine moon Enceladus. The maneuver will be special because the probe will use its radar instruments to map the ice-covered space rock.
This is the first time that... |
4 November 2011
06:07 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) announces that its Martian orbiter was recently able to compile a vast set of data about Phobos, one of the two moons revolving around the Red Planet. The achievement is significant, especially given how little scientists actually know about this space object. For starters, it's n... |
12 May 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Until now, studying comets and asteroids was a fairly straightforward business. This type of exploration called for the use of space probes, but an upcoming flyby of a large asteroid will require no such thing. For all intents and purposes, it will be our planet carrying out the flyby.
The space rock in question i... |
3 May 2011
01:40 GMT |
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A team of investigators announces the discovery of a protection mechanism that a certain type of wasps employs again a species of ants. The two often find themselves in direct competition over the same food sources, and confrontations are never decided easily.At first, it may seem hilarious that the massive wasps sho... |
31 March 2011
03:57 GMT |
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After waiting for more than three and a half years for this occasion, experts at NASA finally got what they wanted yesterday. The Stardust-NExT space mission caught up with comet 9P/Tempel 1 on February 14, and snapped a series of high-resolution images of its surface. The space probe has been traveling through the i... |
15 February 2011
03:37 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the Stardust-NExT mission has finally caught up with its target, comet 9P/Tempel 1. The spacecraft arrived just on time for its planned February 14 flyby, which is scheduled to take place shortly. The Stardust probe has been tracking down this comet for a few month... |
14 February 2011
04:29 GMT |
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A NASA statecraft is currently getting ready for a Valentine's Day visit to a comet making his way through the solar system. The probe, which is already at its third cometary flyby, has just finished adjusting its course, which will take it in the best possible angle to image its target.It is heading for an icy ... |
8 February 2011
06:17 GMT |
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In about 11 days, a NASA space probe is due to perform flyby of a comet within the inner solar system, for the third time since it was launched. The spacecraft carried out a correction maneuver a few days ago, in order to ensure that the meet-up will go on without a hitch. The Stardust-NExT mission uses a space probe... |
3 February 2011
09:49 GMT |
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A NASA spacecraft heading for a Valentine's Day flyby of a famous comet has eyes on its target, officials at the American space agency announced recently. Everything appears to be set for the upcoming studies, which are bound to yield more data about comets in general.The Stardust-NExT mission uses a space probe... |
29 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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A NASA spacecraft launched on February 7, 1999 is current getting ready to conduct yet another flyby in its long-duration mission, this time of comet Tempel 1. Originally, the mission was called Stardust, and its goal was to carry out a flyby of comet Wild 2.This was a sample-return mission. The spacecraft flew throu... |
19 January 2011
03:11 GMT |
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Experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have released the latest images of the Saturnine moon Rhea, that the Cassini space probe collected during its January 11 flyby of the space object. The NASA lab manages Cassini for the American space agency's Science Mission Directorate, in Washington DC. The spacec... |
14 January 2011
06:43 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who managed the NASA Cassini orbiter around Saturn, are proud to announce that today is the ten-year anniversary of the moment when the spacecraft passed by Jupiter, on its way to its final target. The encounter took place on December 30, 2000, as Cassini was headi... |
30 December 2010
04:26 GMT |
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On November 30 and December 21, astronomers will have new opportunities to conduct in-depth studies of the surface of the peculiar Saturnine moon Enceladus, which features geysers at its South Pole. This space body has captured the imagination of experts for years, since the NASA Cassini probe first entered orbit aro... |
24 November 2010
09:46 GMT |
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At 10:01 am EDT (1401 GMT) today, November 4, the EPOXI mission finally managed to catch up with the Comet Hartley 2 in the inner solar system, concluding a months-long chase that took the spacecraft over millions of miles of space in pursuit of its target. The probe passed very close to the space object, at an estim... |
4 November 2010
10:50 GMT |
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Mission planers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announce that the EPOXI mission is currently on track to flying by Comet Hartley 2 in a few days, after successfully completing a course correction maneuver. This is one of the final such maneuvers that the former Deep Impact space probe will carry out befor... |
28 October 2010
05:15 GMT |
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Today, September 24, the NASA Cassini spacecraft will perform a new flyby maneuver around Titan, the largest moon orbiting the gas giant Saturn. This will by a high-altitude swing-by.Experts at the American space agency say that the orbiter will have a busy schedule in the following year and a half, especially when i... |
24 September 2010
02:39 GMT |
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Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, announce that the American space agency's Cassini space probe will carry out a new flyby of Titan, Saturn's largest and most interesting moon. The spacecraft will find itself at the point of closest approach to the cosmic body S... |
4 June 2010
06:12 GMT |
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NASA experts announce that their Cassini spacecraft has just finished capturing a new series of stunning photos depicting the moon Enceladus. The space rock is one of the most interesting currently in orbit around the gas giant Saturn, which Cassini has been studying since July 1, 2004. During the course of the new d... |
20 May 2010
03:04 GMT |
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It's not very often that the NASA Cassini spacecraft has the opportunity to perform double flybys. In fact, only a handful of such instances have occurred since July 1, 2004, when the orbiter achieved insertion in Saturn's orbit. The probe has been keeping an eye on the gas giant, its stripes, rings and moo... |
18 May 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Last week, the NASA Cassini spacecraft performed a flyby around Enceladus, one of Saturn's most interesting moons. The mission was not an active one in the strictest sense of the word, but rather aimed at measuring the space rock's gravitational pull. This was done by not activating the probe's instrum... |
3 May 2010
05:35 GMT |
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Since July 2004, the NASA Cassini spacecraft has been conducting remarkable scientific observations around the gas giant Saturn. In addition to looking at the planet and its intricate ring system, the probe has also carried out numerous flybys of its many moons, providing astronomers with a wealth of data about many ... |
27 April 2010
05:06 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Cassini spacecraft will perform this week consecutive flybys of two Saturnine moons. The science team at the lab explains that a fortuitous cosmic alignment will allow the probe, which has been orbiting Saturn since July 2... |
6 April 2010
06:43 GMT |
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On March 3, the European Space Agency (ESA) orbiter Mars Express conducted the closest flyby ever of the Martian moon Phobos. At the point of closest approach, the spacecraft was just 67 kilometers above the surface of this enigmatic moon, which has never been surveyed in such vivid detail before. Previous investigat... |
5 March 2010
05:57 GMT |
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Experts in charge of the NASA/ESA spacecraft Cassini, in orbit around Saturn, announce that the probe is today going to perform the second flyby ever of the gas giant's second-largest moon, Rhea. The first instance was back in 2005, just one year after Cassini arrived in orbit, and was conducted from a point of ... |
2 March 2010
05:40 GMT |
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Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their space probe Mars Express will be conducting its closest flyby ever around the moon Phobos this Wednesday, March 3. The event is very important, as it will allow astronomers to collect a wealth of completely new data on the Martian moon, which is not ve... |
1 March 2010
11:12 GMT |
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Astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that their orbiter, Mars Express, is about to begin its new campaign to survey the moon Phobos, one of the two companions the Red Planet has. The investigations will take place for about a month, with peak observations capabilities scheduled to be reached on Mar... |
16 February 2010
10:58 GMT |
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For fans of the Star Wars series, the Death Star is one of the most renowned symbols, right next to the light saber. But very few people know that the destroyer has an actual counterpart, the Saturnine moon Mimas. The celestial object is rather small, but it also features a structure on its surface called the “... |
12 February 2010
05:25 GMT |
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The Mars Express orbiter has been in orbit around the Red Planet since Christmas Day, 2003, and has produced invaluable amounts of scientific data on our closest neighbor in the solar system. Recently, experts at the European Space Agency, which manage the mission, announced that the spacecraft had just completed its... |
29 January 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is undoubtedly one of the most interesting objects in the solar system. Its peculiar surface features lakes of liquid hydrocarbons, as well as landscape aspects that puzzle astronomers. As such, there should be no surprise that NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are using thei... |
28 January 2010
06:54 GMT |
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The fly-by technique is a very common one for spacecraft, as they depart from the Earth to other destinations inside the solar system, or beyond. In order to limit the amount of fuel these probes carry, they are set on trajectories that bring them very close to a planet or other celestial body, but without being capt... |
13 October 2009
05:42 GMT |
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The third and final flyby that NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft performed around Mercury has revealed a new take on the innermost planet's mysterious bright spot, a feature that astronomers cannot explain yet. It was first discovered during the probe's second flyby, and experts have been hypothesizing on it... |
2 October 2009
02:16 GMT |
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Yesterday, NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging spacecraft (MESSENGER) did its third and final flyby of Mercury, before its 2011 orbital insertion date. During the approach, areas of the planet that had never before been imaged were analyzed, but the success of the mission was dimi... |
1 October 2009
03:23 GMT |
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NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe is scheduled to begin its third and final flyby of the closest planet to the Sun today, before pulling a complex, gravity-assist maneuver that will allow for it to be captured in the planet's orbit starting with March 2011... |
29 September 2009
05:27 GMT |
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In less than a week's time, NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft will perform its third and final flyby of the planet, as well as its last gravity assist maneuver. This will set it on a course that will enable it to be captured in the planet's orbi... |
24 September 2009
20:41 GMT |
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