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space flight

NASA – Dreamy, Young Stars

July 26, 2010

NASA – Dreamy, Young Stars: “The Orion Nebula is a ‘happening’ place where stars are born and this colony of hot, young stars is stirring up the cosmic scene in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope”

NASA – Fractured

July 23, 2010

NASA – Fractured: “This observation from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of a large impact crater in the southern highlands, north of the giant Hellas impact basin. Most of the crater floor is dark, with abundant small ripples of wind-blown material. However, a pit in the floor of the crater has exposed light-toned, [...]

NASA – Icy Triton

July 6, 2010

NASA – Icy Triton: “Taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system, this is a global color mosaic of Triton. The color was synthesized by combining high-resolution images taken through orange, violet and ultraviolet filters; these images were displayed as red, green, and blue images and combined to create this [...]

Space Station: Russian Cargo Ship Aborts Docking – Science and Society

July 3, 2010

Space Station: Russian Cargo Ship Aborts Docking – Science and Society: “The International Space Station is in no danger at the moment…but there were some uncomfortable moments this morning when a Russian Progress supply ship came in for a docking — and had to wave off when a telemetry link between the two ships went [...]

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