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Earth and Moon photographed from 900 million miles away, from the shadow of Saturn
2013-07-23 12:36:18| Extremetech
For only the third time ever, Earth has been photographed from the outer Solar System. At a distance of 898 million miles, as seen by NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini satellite, the Earth is a tiny, almost luminescent blue marble. If you zoom in (image below), you can even see the pale speck of the Moon next to Earth. As luck would have it, at almost exactly the same time, NASA's MESSENGER satellite also captured an image of the Earth and Moon -- this time from the inner Solar System, orbiting around Mercury (image below).
CEO Confirms Historic Moon Landing Finding
2013-07-21 01:40:51| IT Services - Topix.net
SpaceWorks technician Jerrad Alexander uses a brush to clean an F-1 engine thrust chamber at the Kansas Cosmosphere.
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The Moon May Soon Become a Stargazer
2013-07-20 01:11:35| TechNewsWorld
The International Lunar Observatory Association and Moon Express have definitively announced the first mission to the Moon's south pole, tentatively scheduled for 2016. It will involve delivering the International Lunar Observatory to Malapert Mountain, a roughly 3-mile-high rise on the surface of the Malapert lunar crater, to conduct astronomical observations and communications with Earth.
Hubble finds new moon around Neptune that Voyager missed!
2013-07-15 20:21:15| CNET News.com
New moon is about one hundred million times fainter than the faintest star you can see with the naked eye. [Read more]
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Bill proposes turning moon sites into national park
2013-07-10 18:12:49| CNET News.com
House representatives launch a bill to establish the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historical Park on the moon. [Read more]
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