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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
21 Mar 2011, 19:03 UTC
In preparation for orbiting Vesta this summer, the spacecraft's camera system and other instruments have successfully awakened from hibernation.
Dawn Opens its Eyes, Checks its Instruments
21 Mar 2011, 19:03 UTC
In preparation for orbiting Vesta this summer, the spacecraft's camera system and other instruments have successfully awakened from hibernation.
NASA's MESSENGER Mission
21 Mar 2011, 18:46 UTC
Data from its first three days in orbit about Mercury have confirmed the initial assessment of the spacecraft team that MESSENGER is in its intended orbit and operating nominally.
Spacecraft Data Confirm MESSENGER Orbit and Operation (Released: 2011-03-21)
21 Mar 2011, 18:46 UTC
Data from its first three days in orbit about Mercury have confirmed the initial assessment of the spacecraft team that MESSENGER is in its intended orbit and operating nominally.
Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases
21 Mar 2011, 13:57 UTC
A 'pocket' spacecraft that will enable students and amateur astronomers to get involved in a space mission will be part of the UK's first mini satellite 'CubeSat' mission - UKube-1
First UK mini satellite 'Cubesat' to include 'pocket' space mission for the public
21 Mar 2011, 13:57 UTC
A 'pocket' spacecraft that will enable students and amateur astronomers to get involved in a space mission will be part of the UK's first mini satellite 'CubeSat' mission - UKube-1
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
21 Mar 2011, 04:00 UTC
JWST has a unique sunshield, like an umbrella on the shores of the cosmos, allowing the instruments beneath to see far into the universe.
Webb Sunshield like an Umbrella on the Shores of the Universe
21 Mar 2011, 04:00 UTC
JWST has a unique sunshield, like an umbrella on the shores of the cosmos, allowing the instruments beneath to see far into the universe.
ESA Top News
21 Mar 2011, 00:00 UTC
When engineers come up with a super-strong new material for building shipping containers, trucking trailers and aircraft parts, it is a major challenge to simulate its strength and reliability accurately. So a Belgian company turned to ESA.
Under pressure? Turn to space tech
21 Mar 2011, 00:00 UTC
When engineers come up with a super-strong new material for building shipping containers, trucking trailers and aircraft parts, it is a major challenge to simulate its strength and reliability accurately. So a Belgian company turned to ESA.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Mar 2011, 20:43 UTC
A view from the bustling center of our galactic metropolis. Spitzer Space Telescope offers us a fresh, infrared view of the frenzied scene at the center of our Milky Way, revealing what lies behind the dust.
Stars Gather in 'Downtown' Milky Way
18 Mar 2011, 20:43 UTC
A view from the bustling center of our galactic metropolis. Spitzer Space Telescope offers us a fresh, infrared view of the frenzied scene at the center of our Milky Way, revealing what lies behind the dust.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Mar 2011, 20:41 UTC
Hopes for reviving NASA's Spirit Mars rover dimmed further with passage last week of the point at which the rover's locale received its maximum sunshine for the Martian year.
Alternatives Have Begun in Bid to Hear from Spirit
18 Mar 2011, 20:41 UTC
Hopes for reviving NASA's Spirit Mars rover dimmed further with passage last week of the point at which the rover's locale received its maximum sunshine for the Martian year.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Mar 2011, 18:12 UTC
For most of this month, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, Curiosity, is inside a sealed chamber where conditions simulate those it will experience on Mars.
Next Mars Rover Gets a Test Taste of Mars Conditions
18 Mar 2011, 18:12 UTC
For most of this month, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, Curiosity, is inside a sealed chamber where conditions simulate those it will experience on Mars.
NASA Lunar Science Institute
18 Mar 2011, 17:10 UTC
This mosaic shows areas on the Moon’s pole that are always illuminated or in permanent shadow.
LROC produces illumination map of the Moon's north pole
18 Mar 2011, 17:10 UTC
This mosaic shows areas on the Moon’s pole that are always illuminated or in permanent shadow.
NASA's MESSENGER Mission
18 Mar 2011, 01:54 UTC
NASA's MESSENGER probe has become the spacecraft first to enter orbit about Mercury. At 9:10 p.m. EDT, engineers in the MESSENGER Mission Operations Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., received radiometric signals confirming nominal burn shutdown and successful insertion of the MESSENGER probe into orbit around the planet Mercury.
