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Cassini Observes Saturn's Moon Iapetus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn's moon Iapetus on Friday, Dec. 31.
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NASA Rovers' Adventures on Mars Continue
NASA lit a birthday candle today for its twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
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Cassini Caps Off 2004 With Flyby of Icy Moon Iapetus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to cap off 2004 with an encounter of Saturn's ying-yang moon Iapetus on New Year's Eve.
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JPL/Caltech Float Set to Launch on Rose Parade Mission
A towering 50-foot robot from JPL and Caltech will thrill throngs of parade-goers on New Year's Day.
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Cassini Successfully Completes Maneuver
NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully performed a getaway maneuver on Monday, Dec. 27, to keep it from following the European Space Agency's Huygens probe into the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Titan-Bound Huygens Probe Successfully Detaches From Cassini
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter to begin a three-week journey to Saturn's moon Titan.
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European Space Agency's Huygens Probe Set to Detach From Cassini Orbiter
The highlights of the first year of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn can be broken into two chapters: first, the arrival of the Cassini orbiter at Saturn in June, and second, the release of the Huygens probe on Dec. 24, 2004, on a path toward Titan.
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Aging Universe May Still Be Spawning Massive Galaxies
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted what appear to be massive "baby" galaxies in our corner of the universe.
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Cassini Shows Before and After Look at Saturn's Moon Titan
Cassini's second close flyby of Titan completes a 'before' and 'after' look at the fuzzy moon and provides the first direct evidence of changing weather patterns in the skies over Titan.
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NASA's Aura Satellite Sheds New Light on Air Quality and Ozone Hole
NASA scientists announced the agency's Aura spacecraft is providing the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and many other pollutants affecting air quality.
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NASA Selects Investigations for the Mars Science Laboratory
NASA has selected eight proposals to provide instrumentation and associated science investigations for the mobile Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2009.
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NASA Set to Launch First Comet Impact Probe
Launch and flight teams are in final preparations for the planned Jan. 12, 2005, liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., of NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.
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Cassini Successfully Completes Titan Flyby
The Cassini spacecraft completed a successful rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan today.
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Mars Rovers Spot Water-Clue Mineral, Frost, Clouds
Scientists have identified a water-signature mineral called goethite in bedrock.
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Spitzer and Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary Systems
Two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided astronomers an unprecedented look at dusty planetary debris around stars the size of our Sun.
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Cassini Captures Saturn Moon Red-Handed
Stealing is a crime on Earth, but at Saturn, apparently it is routine.
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NASA Study Links Wind and Current Changes to Indian Ocean Warming
A NASA study suggests changing winds and currents in the Indian Ocean during the 1990s contributed to the observed warming of the ocean during that period.
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Reports Detail Rover Discoveries of Wet Martian History
The most dramatic findings so far from NASA's twin Mars rovers passed rigorous scientific scrutiny for publication in a major research journal.
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Cassini Shows Grandeur of Two Saturn Moons
New views of two Saturn's moons Titan and Tethys represent the most detailed look at these moons to date.
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Rover to Reverse Course to Exit Crater
Operators of Opportunity have determined that a proposed route out of "Endurance Crater" is not passable.