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Feb 18, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011
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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has constructed the first portrait of our solar system by combining 34 images taken by the spacecraft's Wide Angle Camera on Nov. 3 and 16, 2010. The mosaic, pieced together over a period of a few weeks, comprises all of the planets except for Uranus and Neptune, which were too faint to detect. On March 17, 2011, MESSENGER may become the first probe ever to orbit Mercury. Scientists hope orbital observations will provide new answers to how Earth-like planets, like...
Topics: What -- MESSENGER, What -- Uranus, What -- Neptune, What -- Mercury, What -- Earth, Where --...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/517613main_solar_system_full.jpg
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Sep 16, 2010
09/10
Sep 16, 2010
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Not since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft saw our home as a pale blue dot from beyond the orbit of Neptune has Earth been imaged in color from the outer solar system. Now, Cassini casts powerful eyes on our home planet, and captures Earth, a pale blue orb -- and a faint suggestion of our moon -- among the glories of the Saturn system. Earth is captured here in a natural color portrait made possible by the passing of Saturn directly in front of the sun from Cassini's point of view. At the distance...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Voyager 1, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=5483
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Sep 14, 2010
09/10
Sep 14, 2010
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Giant planet GJ 436b in the constellation Leo is missing something--and that something is swamp gas. To the surprise of astronomers who have been studying the Neptune-sized planet using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, GJ 436b has very little methane--an ingredient common to many planets in our own solar system. This artist's concept shows the unusual, methane-free world partially eclipsed by its star. Models of planetary atmospheres indicate that any world with the common mix of hydrogen,...
Topics: What -- Neptune, What -- Spitzer Space Telescope, Where -- Leo I
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/481304main_spitzer20100421-a-full_full.jpg
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Jul 6, 2010
07/10
Jul 6, 2010
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Taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system, this is a global color mosaic of Triton. The color was synthesized by combining high-resolution images taken through orange, violet and ultraviolet filters; these images were displayed as red, green, and blue images and combined to create this color version. With a radius about 22 percent smaller than Earth's moon, Triton is the largest satellite of Neptune and is one of the few bodies in the solar system known to have a...
Topics: What -- Voyager 2, What -- Neptune, What -- Moon, What -- Earth, What -- Titan, What -- Polar,...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/466889main_Triton1_full.jpg
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Jan 13, 2010
01/10
Jan 13, 2010
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling the outer rim of the solar system just beyond Neptune. This artist's concept of the needle-in-a-haystack object found by Hubble is only 3,200 feet across and a whopping 4.2 billion miles away. The smallest Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) seen previously in reflected light is roughly 30 miles across, or 50 times larger. Hubble observations of...
Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Visible Light, What -- Neptune
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1563.html
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Jan 8, 2010
01/10
Jan 8, 2010
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* Administrator Charlie Bolden joined President Obama at a special White House ceremony honoring educators from across the country for their excellence in mathematics, science teaching and mentoring. The event was part of the President's ''Educate to Innovate'' campaign to boost student achievement in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. * More than 3,500 astronomers and students gathered in Washington for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society. This year's...
Topics: Who -- Scott Parazynski, What -- Space Shuttle Endeavour, What -- Neptune, What -- Jupiter, What --...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/twan_1_08_10.html
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Sep 30, 2009
09/09
Sep 30, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is lifted off the transporter. The rocket will be raised to vertical and then moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27228
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? A truck carrying an Atlas V rocket heads away from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip. The rocket is being transferred to the Atlas Space Operations Center. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27120
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is offloaded from an Atlas V rocket from a Russian air cargo plane. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27116
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, workers begin to offload the first stage of an Atlas V rocket from a Russian air cargo plane. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27115
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is moved onto a transporter trailer. The rocket is being transferred to the Atlas Space Operations Center. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27118
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? A convoy of vehicles follows behind a truck carrying an Atlas V rocket. The rocket is being transferred to the Atlas Space Operations Center. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27121
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? A truck delivers the Atlas V rocket to the Atlas Space Operations Center. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune....
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27122
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, a transporter trailer carrying an Atlas V rocket is ready to move. The rocket is being transferred to the Atlas Space Operations Center. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27119
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is offloaded from an Atlas V rocket from a Russian air cargo plane. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27117
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket arrives aboard a Russian air cargo plane. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27113
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Sep 9, 2009
09/09
Sep 9, 2009
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. ? At the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip, workers begin to offload the first stage of an Atlas V rocket from a Russian air cargo plane. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27114
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Jun 26, 2009
06/09
Jun 26, 2009
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This montage of images taken by the Voyager spacecraft of the planets and four of Jupiter's moons is set against a false-color Rosette Nebula with Earth's moon in the foreground. Studying and mapping Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and many of their moons, Voyager provided scientists with better images and data than they had ever had before or expected from the program. Although launched sixteen days after Voyager 2, Voyager 1's trajectory was a faster path, arriving at Jupiter in March 1979....
Topics: Planetary Astronomy, Voyager-Galileo, What -- Voyager 1, What -- Moon, What -- Jupiter, What --...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2003-000006.html
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Jun 12, 2008
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Jun 12, 2008
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This set of images were created during the Cassini spacecraft's Phoebe flyby on June 11, 2004. The images show the location and distribution of water-ice, ferric iron, carbon dioxide and an unidentified material on the tiny moon of Saturn. The first image was taken with Cassini's narrow angle camera and is shown for comparison purposes only. The other images were taken by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini. The infrared image of Phoebe obtained at a distance of about...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Cassini, What -- Moon, What...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2563
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Dec 5, 2007
12/07
Dec 5, 2007
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*Copyright:* Volker Steger/Science Photo Library [ http://www.sciencephoto.com ]
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*Description*: Professor Geoffrey W. Marcy received his B.A. in physics and astronomy from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976 and his Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1982. Later that year, he became a Carnegie Fellow at The Carnegie Institute of Washington. Dr. Marcy joined San Fransisco State University in 1984, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy. In 1999, he was appointed Professor of...
Topics: What -- Saturn, What -- Neptune, Where -- California, Where -- Los Angeles, Where -- Santa Cruz,...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/43/image/a/
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Feb 13, 2007
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and K. Noll (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) *Acknowledgment:* The Hubble Heritage [ http://heritage.stsci.edu/ ] Team (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ])
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*Description*: This image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows the colorful "last hurrah" of a star like our Sun. The star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star's remaining core. Ultraviolet light from the dying star makes the material glow. The burned-out star, called a white dwarf, is the white dot in the center. Our Sun will eventually burn out and shroud itself with stellar debris, but not for another 5 billion...
Topics: NGC 2440, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Sun, What -- Uranus, What -- Neptune, What...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/09/image/a/
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Jan 7, 2007
01/07
Jan 7, 2007
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], J. R. Graham and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley), and B. Matthews (Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics)
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*Description*: The top view, taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows light reflected off dust in a debris disk around the young star AU Microscopii. The bottom frame points out the important features in this image. The image shows the flattened disk, appearing like Saturn's rings, but seen almost exactly edge-on. Normally, starlight would be so bright that the debris disk could not be seen. But astronomers used the coronagraph on Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, which blocked out...
Topics: AU Mic, GJ 803, HD197481, AU Microscopii, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Advanced...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/02/image/a/
Ames and Moffett Field (MFA) historical sites and memorials Navy Lockheed SP-2E Neptune Long Range Antisubmarine Partol Aircraft on display in front of MFA Bldg 158 Flgiht Ops (tower) with monuments
Topic: What -- Neptune
Ames and Moffett Field (MFA) historical sites and memorials Navy Lockheed SP-2E Neptune Long Range Antisubmarine Partol Aircraft on display in front of MFA Bldg 158 Flgiht Ops (tower) with monuments
Topic: What -- Neptune
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Sep 28, 2006
09/06
Sep 28, 2006
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (University of Wisconsin), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI Institute)
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*Description*: Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States. Lawrence Sromovsky of the University of Wisconsin-Madison leads a team that used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to take the first definitive images of a dark spot on Uranus. The elongated feature measures 1,100 miles by 1,900 miles (1,700 kilometers by...
Topics: Uranus, What -- Uranus, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Voyager, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/47/image/a/
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Feb 22, 2006
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Feb 22, 2006
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team
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*Description*: EMBARGOED UNTIL: 1:00 pm (EST) February 22, 2006 PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-09 HUBBLE CONFIRMS NEW MOONS OF PLUTO Anxiously awaited follow-up observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered by Hubble in May 2005, but the science team probed even deeper into the Pluto system last week to look for additional satellites and to characterize the orbits of the moons. Though the...
Topics: Pluto, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Pluto, What -- Discovery, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/09/image/a/
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Jan 19, 2006
01/06
Jan 19, 2006
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: HD 53143 HD 139664 Object Description: Star with Disk Star with Disk Position (J2000): R.A. 06h 59m 59s.56 Dec. -61° 20' 09".0 .A. 15 h 41 m 11 s .30 Dec. -44Ôø_Ôø__ 39' 41".6 Constellation: Carina Lupus Distance: 60 light-years (18.4 parsecs) 57 light-years (17.5 parsecs) About the Data Data Description: The Hubble images were created from HST data from proposal 9475: P. Kalas (University of California,...
Topics: What -- Constellation, What -- Carina, What -- Lupus, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What --...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/05/image/b/
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Jan 19, 2006
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Jan 19, 2006
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley)
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*Description*: These two bright debris disks of ice and dust appear to be the equivalent of our own solar system's Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy rocks outside the orbit of Neptune and the source of short-period comets. The disks encircle the types of stars around which there could be habitable zones and planets for life to develop. The disks seem to have a central area cleared of debris, perhaps by planets. The new disks, each about 60 light-years from Earth, bring to nine the number of dusty...
Topics: HD 53143, What -- Neptune, What -- COMETS, What -- Earth, What -- Sun, What -- Saturn, What --...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/05/image/a/
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Jan 19, 2006
01/06
Jan 19, 2006
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: HD 53143 HD 139664 Object Description: Star with Disk Star with Disk Position (J2000): R.A. 06h 59m 59s.56 Dec. -61° 20' 09".0 .A. 15 h 41 m 11 s .30 Dec. -44Ôø_Ôø__ 39' 41".6 Constellation: Carina Lupus Distance: 60 light-years (18.4 parsecs) 57 light-years (17.5 parsecs) About the Data Data Description: The Hubble images were created from HST data from proposal 9475: P. Kalas (University of California,...
Topics: What -- Constellation, What -- Carina, What -- Lupus, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What --...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/05/image/c/
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Nov 30, 2005
11/05
Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fifth and final solid rocket booster arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It will be added to the other four already mated to the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket, seen in the background. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27507
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Nov 30, 2005
11/05
Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vertical Integration Facility on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers maneuver the fifth and final solid rocket booster into place for mating to the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket. Two of the other four rockets are seen at left. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27513
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Nov 30, 2005
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Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the five solid rocket boosters are now mated with the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it approaches Pluto, the...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27514
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Nov 30, 2005
11/05
Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the fifth and final solid rocket booster is raised to a vertical position. It will be lifted into the Vertical Integration Facility and added to the other four already mated to the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket there. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27510
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Nov 30, 2005
11/05
Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the fifth and final solid rocket booster nears the top of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility. It will be added to the other four already mated to the rocket. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27512
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Nov 30, 2005
11/05
Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the fifth and final solid rocket booster is being lifted into the Vertical Integration Facility. It will be added to the other four already mated to the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket there. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27511
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Nov 30, 2005
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Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the fifth and final solid rocket booster is being raised to a vertical position. It will be lifted and added to the other four already mated to the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27509
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Nov 30, 2005
11/05
Nov 30, 2005
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Viewed from high in the Vertical Integration Facility on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the fifth and final solid rocket booster is ready to be raised to vertical and lifted into the facility. It will be added to the other four already mated to the Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket in the facility. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft that will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Pluto, What -- New Horizons, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27508
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage arrives at the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Centaur is the second stage of the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. Seen in the tower is the first stage. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it approaches...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27274
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage leaves the Astrotech Space Operations Center in Titusville, Fla., for the short journey to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Centaur is the second stage of the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it approaches...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27273
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In front of the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage is raised off the transporter. Once vertical, the Centaur, the second stage of the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, will be lifted up the tower and mated with the waiting first stage, seen at left. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet"...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27275
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage is moved into place over the waiting first stage below it. The launch vehicle for the New Horizon spacecraft, the Atlas V first and second stages will be mated. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27278
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers oversee the lowering of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage (above) toward the first stage. The two stages will be mated. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27280
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In front of the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers complete the raising of the Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage to a vertical position. The second stage of the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, the Centaur will be mated with the waiting first stage, seen behind it at left. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27276
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage is lifted up the mobile service tower where it will be mated with the waiting first stage, seen behind it at left. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it approaches Pluto, the spacecraft will look for ultraviolet...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27277
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers wait for the Lockheed Martin Atlas V Centaur stage (above) to be lowered to the first stage for installation. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Centaur, What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon,...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27279
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center?s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians from the Applied Physics Laboratory install another panel on the New Horizons spacecraft. A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by...
Topics: What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27271
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center?s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians from the Applied Physics Laboratory install another panel on the New Horizons spacecraft. A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by...
Topics: What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27272
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center?s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a technician from the Applied Physics Laboratory works on the New Horizons spacecraft before installing one of the panels. A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar...
Topics: What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27269
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center?s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on a panel they are installing on the New Horizons spacecraft. A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it...
Topics: What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27270
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center?s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians from the Applied Physics Laboratory work on a panel they are installing on the New Horizons spacecraft. A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to...
Topics: What -- New Horizons, What -- Pluto, What -- Moon, What -- Charon, What -- Neptune, What --...
Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=27268
