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Giant Lake Found Below the Surface of Europa
Data from a NASA planetary mission have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water, equal in volume to the North American Great Lakes, beneath the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. How People Arrived Here: surface...
Orion’s Belt Illuminates Cassini’s View of Enceladus
NASA’s Cassini mission will take advantage of the position of two of the three stars in Orion’s belt when the spacecraft flies by Saturn’s moon Enceladus on Wed., Oct. 19. As the hot, bright stars pass behind the moon’s icy jets,...
NASA Asks Children to Rename Grail Spacecraft
NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names. How People Arrived Here: grail spacecraft
NASA Accepting Entries for the Third Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition
NASA is accepting applications from teams of U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students for the third annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event will be at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 21-26, 2012.
NASA GRAIL Mission on Its Way to the Moon
NASA’s GRAIL mission to study the moon from crust to core successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Pad SLC-17B at 9:08 a.m. EDT (6:08 a.m. PDT). Mission controllers will await communication in approximately 90 minutes...
Cassini Closes in on Saturn’s Tumbling Moon Hyperion
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn’s oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with this cratered body on Thursday, Aug. 25. Raw images were acquired as the spacecraft flew past the moon at a distance of about 15,500...
NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory Moon Mission Begins Final Launch Preparations
NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled September 8 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. How People Arrived Here: grail mission, laboratory...
Moon Express Launches ‘The Moon is Me’ Campaign
Moon Express, a Google Lunar X PRIZE contender, has announced that it has launched a public education and outreach campaign called “The Moon is Me“, designed to foster public awareness and support of lunar exploration as vital to life on Earth...
