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Rosetta Now Up Close to Comet 67P – Snapping Mapping Mosaics for Momentous Philae Landing
Four-image photo mosaic comprising images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera on 31 August 2014 from a distance of 61 km…
Rocket ‘Anomaly’ Blamed For Putting European Navigation Satellites Into Wrong Orbits
An independent investigation committee is looking at why two European navigation satellites are in the wrong orbits following their launch…
5 Landing Site Candidates Selected for Rosetta’s Historic Philae Comet Lander
Five candidate sites were identified on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for Rosetta’s Philae lander. The approximate locations of the five regions are…
Rosetta Moving Closer to Comet 67P Hunting for Philae Landing Site
http://youtu.be/CNGu7KbXzOs Animation Caption: Possible landing sites on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The model shows the illumination of the comets surface and regions…
This Martian Basin Shows Off Our Solar System’s Violent Past
Did that impact 4.1 billion years ago ever leave a scar! Here, a Mars Express photo from late 2013 (and…
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Cygnus Commercial Cargo Ship ‘Janice Voss’ Finishes Resupply Mission and Departs Space Station
The Cygnus commercial cargo ship ‘Janice Voss’ built by Orbital Sciences finished it’s month-long resupply mission and bid farewell to…
Diamond Pinpricks: Gorgeous Shot Of Star Group That Once Baffled Astronomers
Is this group of stars belonging to one generation, or more? That's one of the things that was puzzling astronomers…
James Webb Space Telescope’s Pathfinder Mirror Backplane Arrives at NASA Goddard for Critical Assembly Testing
The central piece of the “pathfinder” backplane that will hold all the mirrors for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
Rosetta’s Comet Already Spewing Dust, One Year Before Getting Close To The Sun
Mark your calendars, astronomy geeks: exactly one year from today, the comet the Rosetta spacecraft is chasing will make its…
Europe’s Last ATV Cargo Ship Docks Safely At Space Station
It took two weeks to get there, but all indications is it was worth the wait. The final automated transfer…