Topic: NASA - on January 7, 2004 at 2:14:00 AM CET
First Color Images from the Mars Rover Spirit
Scientists are having a "field day" on Mars, ogling a staggering new view of the Red Planet revealed through the camera eyes of NASA's Spirit rover.
Sitting on its landing perch within Gusev Crater, Spirit used its Panoramic Camera, PanCam for short, to reveal the martian landscape to be a colorful, dazzling locale ripe for exploration.
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Topic: NASA - on January 7, 2004 at 2:12:00 AM CET
I told you they do the same fake twice ;)
mars fake
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Topic: NASA - on January 5, 2004 at 4:31:00 PM CET
Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Multimedia
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Topic: NASA - on January 5, 2004 at 4:26:00 PM CET
Images of Mars and All Available Satellites
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Target is Mars (and available satellites) To see images of just one particular target in this family, select one of the following: Deimos, Mars, Phobos
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Topic: - on January 4, 2004 at 11:37:00 AM CET
NASA rover sends snapshots from Mars
The first of NASA's two Mars rovers landed safely on an open stretch within Gusev Crater on Saturday night and sent back screenfuls of black-and-white images, marking a successful start to NASA's first ground-level exploration of the Red Planet in more than six years.
Controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., whooped, clapped and hugged each other shortly before 9 p.m. PT (midnight ET) when they heard that a carrier tone was received from the Spirit rover. That signal, relayed by NASA's orbiting Mars Global Surveyor, confirmed that the spacecraft had landed intact and right side up.
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Topic: NASA - on December 15, 2003 at 9:27:21 AM CET
Behind the pictures
The Hubble Space Telescope is noted for providing beautiful and often bizarre color pictures of galaxies, planets, and nebulae. Do the pictures really reflect the colors these objects would have if we visited them in a spacecraft? Why do some of the pictures have an unusual stair-step shape?
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Topic: NASA - on December 7, 2003 at 1:13:09 AM CET
Make a virtual trip to a black hole
Ever wonder what it would look like to travel to a black hole? A neutron star? If so, you might find this page interesting. Here you will find descriptions and MPEG movies that take you on such exciting trips. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations made with strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The descriptions are written to be understandable on a variety of levels - from the casually curious to the professionally inquisitive.
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Topic: NASA - on December 6, 2003 at 12:47:50 AM CET
Bush rüstet gegen Herausforderer
Die Gerüchteküche um die Wahltaktik von US-Präsident Bush brodelt ein Jahr vor dem Urnengang. Laut US-Medien will Bush auf den Mond. Zwar nicht persönlich, doch er verspricht sich von einer NASA-Landung auf dem Erdtrabanten politischen Aufwind - und erneut das Präsidentenamt. Das Weiße Haus dementiert die Berichte, doch die Gerüchte wollen nicht verstummen.
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Topic: NASA - on December 6, 2003 at 12:45:34 AM CET
U.S. eyes return to the moon
It has been 31 years since a U.S. astronaut last walked on the moon, but China's space ambitions have signaled a possible American return to the lunar surface as part of a renewed space program.
Aides to U.S. President George W. Bush say he is on the verge of calling for a return to the moon as part of a dramatic new mission for NASA.
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Topic: NASA - on December 4, 2003 at 1:18:40 PM CET
Exploding black holes rain down on Earth
Are mini black holes raining down through the Earth's atmosphere? It is possible, says a team of physicists. They think this could explain mysterious observations from mountain-top experiments over the past 30 years.
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Topic: NASA - on December 3, 2003 at 10:52:18 PM CET
Pentagon Using Spy Satellites To Check ISS For Damage
At NASA's request, the Pentagon is using spy satellites to check the international space station for any exterior damage that might explain the loud metallic noise heard last week by the two men on board.
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Topic: NASA - on November 27, 2003 at 2:40:14 PM CET
The long shadow of the Moon
fell across the continent of Antarctica on November 23rd, during the second total solar eclipse of 2003. In this view from orbit, based on data from the MODIS instrument on board the Earth observing Aqua satellite, the Moon's shadow stretches for almost 500 kilometers.
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