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Endgame: GRAIL Spacecraft to Slam into Lunar Crater Rim on December 17

December 14, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The GRAIL mission will come to a dramatic end on Monday as the two spacecraft will be commanded to crash into the rim of an unnamed crater near the Moon’s north pole. This is all according to plan, as the two [...]

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Curiosity Finds Evidence of An Ancient Streambed on Mars

September 27, 2012

NASA’s Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named “Hottah” after Hottah Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech The Curiosity rover has come across a place in Gale Crater where ankle-to-hip-deep water once vigorously flowed: [...]

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NuSTAR Successfully Deploys Huge Mast

June 22, 2012

Nine days after launch — and right on schedule — the newest space mission has deployed its unique mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in our universe. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, successfully deployed its lengthy 10-meter (33-foot) mast on June 21, and mission scientists say they are [...]

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The End Of Envisat

May 13, 2012

Well, it’s official. After ten years of groundbreaking observation of our planet, ESA has declared the end of the Envisat mission after losing contact with the satellite on April 8, 2012. All attempts to re-establish communication with Envisat have so far been unsuccessful, and although recovery teams will continue to determine the cause of signal [...]

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ESA Turns On The JUICE For New Jupiter Mission

May 2, 2012

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for an exciting mission to explore the icy moons of Jupiter, as well as the giant planet itself. JUICE — JUpiter ICy moons Explorer — will consist of a solar-powered spacecraft that will spend 3.5 years within the Jovian system, investigating Ganymede, Europa and the upper atmosphere [...]

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