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This month's International Year of Astronomy feature explores how Saturn has been a consistent source of surprises for 400 years.
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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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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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Happy 20th Birthday To NASA's Magellan Mission!
Launched May 4, 1989, NASA's Magellan spacecraft went on to map 99 percent of the surface of planet Venus.
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NASA Selects JPL Experiment for European Mars Mission
An investigation selected by NASA will help researchers dissect the internal structure of Mars by analyzing variations in the planet's rotation.
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Spirit Resumes Driving While Analysis of Problem Behaviors Continues
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8, acting on commands from engineers who are still investigating bouts of amnesia and other unusual behavior exhibited by Spirit in the past two weeks.
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What's Up for May?
The brightest object around gets our attention this month as we take in the sun. Learn about solar observers past and present. |
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Advanced Propulsion for JPL Deep Space Missions
JPL's Dawn mission is en route to rendezvous with the main-belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres, and is using ion propulsion to get there. |
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What's Up for March?
Saturn takes center stage this month. Learn how the ringed world has been observed through history. |
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