 Mission to bring back soil samples from Mars gets 2018 launch July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Space experts on Wednesday set a date of 2018 for launching the Mars Sample Return mission, billed as the most complex and costliest exploration of the Red Planet ever planned. | |
 Sample-Collection Tests by Phoenix Lander Continue July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's science and engineering teams are testing methods to get an icy sample into the Robotic Arm scoop for delivery to the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. | |
 NIST assists in solar stake-out to improve space weather forecasts July 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The sun is about to undergo unremitting scrutiny. About six times each minute of every hour for at least five years, a soon-to-be launched NASA satellite will measure the sun's quirky—and sometimes stormy—output ... | |
 A Telescope Made of Moondust July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A gigantic telescope on the Moon has been a dream of astronomers since the dawn of the space age. A lunar telescope the same size as Hubble (2.4 meters across) would be a major astronomical research tool. ... | |
Astronauts take another spacewalk for tamer job July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The space station's two Russian astronauts stepped outside for the second time in less than a week Tuesday, taking a spacewalk that promised to be tame compared to last week's work with explosives. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is using its Robotic Arm to enlarge an exposure of hard subsurface material expected to yield a sample of ice-rich soil for analysis in one of the lander's ovens. | |
 The International Space Station, a test-bed for future space exploration July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The Heads of the International Space Station (ISS) Agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, to review ISS cooperation. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Continues Tests With Rasp July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander plans to tell the lander today to do a second, larger test of using a motorized rasp to produce and gather shavings of frozen ground. | |
 The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Mark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show. | |
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