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ROSETTA: THE LONG AWAITED ARRIVAL TO COMET 67P “CHERRY-GERRY” IS OVER.
Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Rosetta MPS for OSIRIS Team. Check below for an unnecessary number of links to include mission timelines and real time tracking of 67P and Rosetta. Here’s the latest...
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ENCELADUS (ZOOM 1-3)
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/JPL Michael Benson/Kinetikon Pictures. As if it’s attempting to garner the attention of the mighty Saturn (72,367 miles in diameter), Enceladus (310 miles in...
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ENCELAUS (ZOOM 2-3)
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/JPL Cassini. Everyone really seemed to enjoy that image of ice moon Enceladus and Saturn so I think I’m going to turn this series into an impromptu ZOOM series....
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New Horizons Tests its Eyes
Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Not only is this one of my favorite images of the solar system but the facts...
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The Messenger Must Die!
Image & Illustration Credit & Copyright: NASA/JHUAPL. With the burn up of Venus Express in late 2014-early 2015, one of our two eyes to the inferior (inner) planets was extinguished....
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ESA’s ExoMars Orbiter & Lander Bound for the Red Planet
Illustration Credit & Copyright: B. Bethge/European Space Agency (ESA). LAUNCH ALERT: Monday, March 14 at 09:30 UTC (05:30 EDT) The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars mission will be launching...
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Alone in a Galaxy of Billions
Illustration credit & copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ever feel alone in a world of billions? Well believe it or not, there are planets in our galaxy and likely in every galaxy that truly are alone....
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Goodbye Cassini, Thank You
Images credit & copyright: NASA/JPL. Many more images and links below. On October 15, 1997 a Titan IV (401)B lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 carrying what would become one of the most...
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The West Coast’s First Interplanetary Launch Coming Up!
Images & videos credit & copyright: NASA/JPL/United Launch Alliance (ULA). More links than you will ever need below. LAUNCH ALERT: Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 04:05 PDT (07:05 EDT & 11:05...
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Now is the Time to Observe Saturn
Image credit: NASA/JPL Cassini Spacecraft. If you’re a fan of the night sky, you’ve been noticing the trio of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars rising one at a time in the East as it’s been quite a treat for...
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