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9/8/08 - Rosetta Images Asteroid Steins
On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with a comet, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Steins on Sept. 5. JPL manages NASA's participation in the mission and supplied the Microwave Instrument.
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9/4/08 - Rosetta Set To Fly By Asteroid
On its way to a 2014 rendezvous with a comet, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will fly by asteroid Steins on Sept. 5. JPL manages NASA's participation in the Rosetta mission.
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8/9/08 - Follow Monday's Enceladus Flyby on NASA Blog
Cassini is flying about 30 miles above the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Monday, Aug. 11. Mission scientists and engineers will update the flyby blog regularly. Send your comments.
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8/7/08 - Martian Clays Tell Story of a Wet Past
Layers of clay-rich rock at a potential landing site for future Mars rovers suggest a long-term history of liquid water activity, possibly including hot water, at the now-dry site.
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7/2/08 - Voyager Squashes View of Solar System
Scientists using data from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft have observed the bubble of solar wind surrounding the solar system is not round, but has a squashed shape.
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6/27/08 - 100 Years of Space Rock: The Tunguska Impact
At around 7:17 on the morning of June 30, 1908, a man based at the trading post at Vanavara in Siberia is sitting on his front porch.
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6/25/08 - Stardust-Next Burns for Comet Flyby
The Stardust-Next flight team fired their spacecraft's engine today to refine its trajectory. This trajectory sets the stage for an encounter with comet Tempel 1 on February 14, 2011.
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6/4/08 - Cassini Sees Collisions of Moons on Saturn's Ring
Cassini scientists have discovered that the rapid changes in Saturn's F ring are due to small moons colliding with the ring. These results are reported in the June 5 issue of Nature.
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5/29/08 - Cassini Flies By Titan, Readies for Extended Tour
On May 28, the Cassini spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, the last flyby of the original four-year tour, but Cassini's exploration of Saturn will continue for two more years.
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5/23/08 - Phoenix Preview: Guided Tour of Mars Landing
Catch this guided tour with Rob Manning, chief engineer for JPL's Mars Program, as he describes a simulation of the Mars Phoenix landing, scheduled for Sunday, May 25.
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