 Deep Impact Films Earth as an Alien World July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the spacecraft's point of view 31 million miles away. Scientists are using ... | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night July 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. ... | |
 Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mystery 13 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of ... | |
 New Project To Develop GPS-Like System For Moon July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The same Ohio State University researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon. | |
 3-D Views Posted From NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission has released stereo images of the Martian surface near the Phoenix lander. The images in the new 3-D Gallery combine views from the left and right "eyes" of the ... | |
 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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