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Solar Sails: State of the Art 2010

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The state of solar missions in the year 2010, about upcoming conferences and missions.

Half way round the sky

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The Planck spacecraft, which observes the cosmic microwave background at unprecedented detail, has now observed half the sky.

One Giant Leap seen again

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images the Apollo 11 landing site.

NASA finds reservoir of water ice on the Moon!

Preliminary analysis of the impact plume from LCROSS indicates significant amounts of water on the Moon.

Apollo 17 from 50 kilometers

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The Apollo 17 landing site as viewed from 50 kilometers above from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Cassini dances with Enceladus once again

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The Cassini spacecraft passed just a hair under 100 km (62 miles) from the surface of Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn.

First Images of LCROSS Centaur Impact Plume Released

NASA has released new images of the LCROSS impact, where the plume appears to have just been less spectacular than expected.

LCROSS crashes into the Moon

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As planned, LCROSS has just crashed into Cabeus crater on the Moon four minutes after the Centaur upper stage crashed.

Final Mercury Flyby: Earth's MESSENGER Closing In

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The MESSENGER spacecraft makes its closest pass in its third and final flyby of Mercury.

Change of address for LCROSS

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LCROSS decides to crash into Cabeus proper instead of Cabeus A.

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