Saturn's magnetosphere is seen for the first time in this image taken.
When it comes to making a long-distance call, it's hard to top NASA's Deep Space Network.
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Phoenix's robotic arm successfully delivered soil into oven six of the lander's thermal and evolved-gas analyzer (TEGA) on Monday, Oct. 13.
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Phoenix Weathers Dust Storm
The Phoenix Lander over the weekend successfully weathered a regional dust storm that temporarily lowered its solar power, and the team is back investigating the Red Planet's northern plains.
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JPL's Jon Giorgini Honored With Masursky Award
Jon Giorgini, an engineer at JPL, has received the prestigious Harold Masursky Award, presented by the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences.
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Cassini Sends Home Data From Close Flyby
Follow along as the Cassini science and engineering teams blog about the Oct. 9 close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Post your comments.
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Saturn's Cyclones
Saturn’s serene appearance belies the roiling atmosphere beneath the clouds that is producing features such as cyclones. |
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What's Up for October
Spooky sights fill the night sky on Halloween and celestial treats will surprise you all month long. |
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News From Saturn
Preview two flybys of Saturn’s geyser moon Enceladus. The first, on Oct. 9, will bring Cassini within about 16 miles of the moon’s surface. |
Cassini-Huygens to Saturn
Studying Saturn and its rings and moons.
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Dawn
Dawn, the first spacecraft ever planned to orbit two different bodies after leaving Earth, will orbit Vesta and Ceres, two of the largest asteroids in the solar system.
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Epoxi
The Epoxi mission recycles the already "in flight" Deep Impact spacecraft to investigate two distinct celestial targets of opportunity.
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Mars Exploration Rovers
Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars since January 2004. Clues found in some rocks indicate liquid water once covered the ground.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
This orbiter has the most powerful telescopic camera ever to another planet, plus five other scientific instruments.
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Mars Odyssey
This orbiter studies Mars' surface composition and radiation environment and has instruments to detect water and shallow buried ice.
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Microwave Instrument
on Rosetta Orbiter
This JPL instrument will study gases given off by a comet as the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft orbits the comet. Rendezvous with the comet is scheduled for 2014.
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Phoenix Mars Lander
This mission is using its robotic arm and other instruments to dig and analyze samples of soil and ice.
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Stardust-NExT
The Stardust-NExT mission recycles the already "in flight" Stardust spacecraft to flyby and investigate comet Tempel 1 in Feb. 2011.
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Voyager
Voyager 1 and 2 flew past Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 also flew by Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 1 is now approaching interstellar space.
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Ulysses
Orbits sun around the north and south poles.
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