Spacecraft return Sun panoramas
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Twin Nasa spacecraft capture panoramic images that will the study of solar explosions capable of causing havoc on Earth.
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The NASA spacecraft that smashed into the Utah desert last month while bringing home fragile samples of the sun may have been doomed by engineering drawings that had been done backwards, an investigating board said Friday.
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Scientists controlling the cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn have just recovered two extraordinary, contrasting images of the planet&#39;s most intriguing moons.
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The Cassini spacecraft, in a dramatic flyby of the Saturn moon Titan, has sent back images of an alien expanse that has many of the hallmarks of a young Earth before the rise of organic life some 3 billion years ago.
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Aug. 20, 2004  A small science satellite dispatched to just beyond Earth&#39;s magnetosphere returns to the home planet next month to deliver a most unique package: particles of the sun.
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An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars.
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This stunning image mosaic of the &quot;Columbia Hills&quot; is the first 360-degree panorama taken since the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit arrived at the hills over a month ago.
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By ROY A. BAHLS  BY ROY A. BAHLS  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  Weather permitting, local sky watchers are in for some prime viewing of the international s pace s tation and space shuttle Discovery as they streak overhead.
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The Mars rover Opportunity has sent back its first color panorama of the large Martian crater it recently reached after a 21 month trek, and NASA scientists could barely contain their excitement about what they found.
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Telescopes aboard the Hinode satellite have been returning some of their first results.
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Scientists are now optimistic some valuable data can be salvaged from the wrecked capsule of the solar mission.
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The first image of our solar system taken from deep space arrives back on terra firma. It's a doozy.
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Spacewalking astronauts found evidence of damage to a joint that allows solar panels on the International Space Station to rotate to face the sun.
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Updated photos from the Mars rovers allow us to look back at the three-year mission.
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U.S. scientists were thrilled by photos sent back from space of Saturn and its rings.  Finally, here are the views that we've waited years for, said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
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PASADENA, Calif. There could be something new under the sun next year -- the first controlled flight by a spaceship designed to run off solar wind.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Two U.S. astronauts replaced a broken motor on one of the International Space Station's solar wings during a spacewalk on Wednesday, clearing the way for more modules to be added to the outpost.