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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA unveils latest results from lunar mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbor since its launch in June. At a scientific ...


A Second Look at Apollo 11

A Second Look at Apollo 11

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10

A month after LROC's first image of the Apollo 11 landing site was acquired, LRO passed over again providing the LROC instrument a new view of the historic site. ...


Asteroid Steins: A diamond in space

Steins: A diamond in the sky

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first images from Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results.





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The Moon and Europe -- Rosetta OSIRIS images

The Moon and Europe -- Rosetta OSIRIS images

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created Nov 16, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As Rosetta closed in on Earth, swung by and then left on its course again, several instruments on the spacecraft were busy taking snaps. As it swung away, the OSIRIS camera also caught glimpses of the Moon.


First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. ...


Swirling clouds over the South Pacific

Swirling clouds over the South Pacific

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system spotted an anticyclone over the South Pacific on the morning of 13 November. The images show the scene roughly as a human eye would see it.


First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

Rosetta sees a living planet

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere.


Honda Develops New Multi-View Vehicle Camera System to Provide View of Surrounding Areas

Honda Develops New Multi-View Vehicle Camera System to Provide View of Surrounding Areas

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created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Honda Motor announced that it has developed a multi-view camera system which displays views from multiple wide-angle CCD cameras on the vehicle’s navigation screen to reduce blind spots, support smooth parallel ...


Panasonic Introduces Wide-Angle Compact Camera

Panasonic Introduces Wide-Angle Compact Camera

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 22, 2007 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (20) | comments 0

The appeal of Panasonic's new 12.2-megapixel Lumix DMC-FX100 is not its high megapixel count, but its 28mm wide angle—the first 12MP compact camera to include this capability, according to the company. In ...


MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail

MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail

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created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (37) | comments 0

As MESSENGER approached Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft’s Narrow-Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument captured this view of the planet’s rugged, cratered landscape ...


MESSENGER flyby of Mercury

MESSENGER flyby of Mercury

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created Jan 15, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

At 2:04 p.m. EST on Monday, MESSENGER skimmed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the first of three flybys of the planet. Initial indications from the radio signals indicate the spacecraft ...


Cities at night: Extraordinary Rosetta images

Cities at night: Extraordinary Rosetta images

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created Nov 14, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 1

ESA's Rosetta has returned extraordinary images captured 13 November 2007 as the comet-chasing spacecraft completed a critical Earth swing-by at 45 000 kilometres per hour.


Camera on Mars Orbiter Snaps Phoenix During Landing

Camera on Mars Orbiter Snaps Phoenix During Landing

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created May 27, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 3

A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander's successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25.



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