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Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp

Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing "tiger stripes" before winter darkness blankets the area for several years.


Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume

Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume (w/ Video)

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cassini has started sending data back from its Nov. 2 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.


MESSENGER at Mercury

MESSENGER Spacecraft Flies by Mercury

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shortly before 5:55 p.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers (141 miles) above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet.


Space Station Marathon

Space Station Marathon

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times ...


World's researchers prepare for a cosmic encounter

World's researchers prepare for a cosmic encounter

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defence Conference is being held in Granada, Spain, on 27-30 April. Among the topics under discussion will be preparations for the ...


A meteor streaks diagonally across the sky

Space rock gives Earth a close shave

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created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 6

An asteroid of a similar size to a rock that exploded above Siberia in 1908 with the force of a thousand atomic bombs whizzed close past Earth on Monday, astronomers said on Tuesday.


Messenger Spacecraft

NASA's Messenger Spacecraft Returns To Mercury

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys of Mercury on Oct. 6 to photograph most of its remaining unseen surface and collect science data.


Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby

Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby

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created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time, the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed ...