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First GRAIL Twin Enters Lunar Orbit – NASA’s New Year’s Gift to Science
[/caption] Cheers erupted after the first of NASA’s twin $496 Million Moon Mapping probes entered orbit on New Year’s Eve…
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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
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NASA’s Unprecedented Science Twins are GO to Orbit our Moon on New Year’s Eve
[/caption] In less than three days, NASA will deliver a double barreled New Year’s package to our Moon when an…
NASA’s Dawn Orbiter snaps Best Ever Images of Vesta
[/caption] NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has swooped down to the closest orbit above the monster asteroid Vesta that the craft's cameras…
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Holiday Greetings from an Alien Snowman on Vesta
[/caption] Celebrate the winter holiday season in the company of an ‘Alien Snowman’ on the asteroid Vesta, someone we didn’t…
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Curiosity Starts First Science on Mars Sojurn – How Lethal is Space Radiation to Life’s Survival
[/caption] Barely two weeks into the 8 month journey to the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover…
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Dawn swoops to lowest orbit around Vesta – Unveiling Spectacular Alien World
[/caption] NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Orbiter successfully spiraled down today to the closest orbit the probe will ever achieve around the…
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Opportunity Discovers Most Powerful Evidence Yet for Martian Liquid Water
[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water…
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Rainbow of Colors Reveal Asteroid Vesta as More Like a Planet
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta is among the most colorful bodies in our entire solar system and it appears to…
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Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Region of Solar System
[/caption] Voyager 1 is in uncharted territory. The long-lived spacecraft has entered a new region of space that lies between…