 GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today. This is a truly historic step for satellite navigation since GIOVE-B is now, for the first time, transmitting ... | |
 Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation ... | |
 1968 Science Fiction is Today’s Reality May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey influenced many to fall in love with the limitless possibilities of space exploration. The movie sparked imaginations and provided a realistic preview of what our ... | |
 Phoenix Flying True Enough to Skip One Scheduled Adjustment May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival at Mars. After targeting its certified landing site with a trajectory, or flight path, correction maneuver on April 10, the spacecraft's ... | |
 A Super Solar Flare May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. ... | |
 Rocky Mesas of Nilosyrtis Mensae, Mars May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Mesas in the Nilosyrtis Mensae region of Mars appear in enhanced color in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). | |
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