Countdown to Mystery Moon Begins
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After hitching a ride on the back of NASA&#39;s Cassini orbiter for seven years through more than 2 billion miles of space, the European Space Agency&#39;s Huygens space probe is finally stepping out on its own.
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China will launch its first lunar probe this week, an official said Monday  -  weeks after regional rival Japan put one in high orbit over the moon in a big leap forward in Asia's undeclared space race
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The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years will wow skywatchers if skies are clear in eastern parts of North America and all of Europe and Africa Saturday evening.
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A total lunar eclipse expected to create views of a blood-red moon will be visible tonight throughout most of North America, weather permitting.
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A unique date in the annals    of baseball history will be recorded Wednesday, Oct. 27 when for the first time    a total lunar eclipse will occur during a World Series game.
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The moon will turn shades of amber and crimson Saturday night as it passes behind the Earth's shadow &#151; the first total lunar eclipse in three years.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 9--CAPE CANAVERAL -- Its first countdown foiled by low clouds Thursday night, NASA will try again tonight to launch Discovery and its seven astronauts on the last shuttle mission of the year.   Liftoff is scheduled for 8:47 p.m.
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For about three hours, the moon will traipse through Earth&#39;s light and dark shadows, a lunar eclipse. At dusk, the moon will rise in the east.
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PACKING a revolutionary engine that one day may send a robot scout into deep space, Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon enters a key phase on Monday when the cube-shaped spacecraft is injected into lunar orbit.
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Almost 2-1/2 years have passed since the Moon plunged completely into the Earth's shadow. But if you live in Europe, Africa, or the eastern half of North America, but sure to put a big circle on your calendar for Saturday, March 3.
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By Joe Cunningham Staff Writer  It's as if you go to a Broadway show and the curtain never opens. You know there's something spectacular happening, you just can't see it. That's what it will be like Saturday when a total lunar eclipse will be visible for most of the world.
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By Lisa M. KriegerSTAFF  For the first time in three years, the moon will be totally eclipsed by the Earth's shadow on Saturday -- but the Bay Area will miss most of the show.   The Earth's shadow will begin moving across the moon at 12:18 p.m.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Earthlings are about to be treated to a total lunar eclipse, just in time for Halloween. For more than an hour Wednesday night, the moon will be covered entirely by Earth&#39;s shadow and resemble a glowing pumpkin.
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This Thursday evening, May 31st, the moon over North America will become full for the second time in the month of May. According to folklore, that makes it a blue moon.
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For the first time in the history of astronomy, scientists are about to glimpse the mysterious surface of Titan, Saturn&#39;s haze-shrouded moon.
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The moon is partially covered by the shadow of the earth at approximately 9:14 pm EDT, as seen from Archer, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004.
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The Moon will turn a shade of copper red this Saturday when it will be fully eclipsed by the Earth, whose shadow will blot out all but a tiny bit of refracted solar light.