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space probe
space probe space vehicle carrying sophisticated instrumentation but no crew, designed to explore various aspects of the solar system (see space exploration ). Unlike an artificial satellite , which is placed in more or less permanent orbit around the earth, a space probe is launched with... Read more |
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Carl Edward Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan , 1934-96, American astronomer and popularizer of science, b. New York City. Early in his career he investigated radio emissions from Venus and concluded that the cause was a surface temperature of c.900°F (500°C) and crushing atmospheric pressure. He also studied color... Read more |
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space exploration
space exploration the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of artificial satellites (spacecraft that orbit the earth), space probes (spacecraft that pass through the solar system and that may or may not orbit another... Read more |
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Mars probes
Mars Exploration Rovers Background The Rovers The Mission Mission Results Resources Background The exploration of Mars using robotic spacecraft began in the 1960s, when the US National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s (NASA Read more |
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Clyde William Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaugh , 1906-97, American astronomer, b. Streator, Ill. Although lacking formal training or a college degree, he was hired in 1929 as an assistant by the Lowell Observatory to continue the search for a planet beyond Neptune, which had been initiated by Percival Lowell . Tombaugh... Read more |
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Europa
Europa yoorō´pe , in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter . Magnetic-field data collected by the space probe Galileo in 2002 strongly indicates a liquid-water ocean—similar to oceans found on Earth and possibly capable of supporting simple life... Read more |
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atomic force microscope
atomic force microscope (AFM), device that uses a spring-mounted probe to image individual atoms on the surface of a material. Unlike the scanning tunneling microscope , which is also a scanning probe microscope, the AFM can be used on materials that do not conduct electricity. In the original... Read more |
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Enceladus
Enceladus , in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn . Also known as Saturn II (or S2), Enceladus is 310 mi (500 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 147,900 mi (238,020 km), and has equal orbital and rotational periods of 1.37 earth days. It was... Read more |
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Reading and writing for the blind
Braille , in astronomy, a small asteroid notable because it has the same atypical geologic composition as the larger asteroid Vesta . In 1999 the space probe Deep Space 1 passed within 16 mi (26 km) of Braille's surface, the closest flyby ever of an asteroid. Braille measures only 1.3 mi (2.1... Read more |
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New Horizons
New Horizons A NASA space probe to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, launched in...2007February, and is due to reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in 2015July...ultraviolet imaging spectrometer to examine Pluto's ... |
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PLUTO: THE FINAL FRONTIER; NEW HORIZONS MISSION CAPS GOLDEN AGE OF SPACE...
...McQueen NASA'S Pluto probe is due to blast...chapter in a new golden age of space exploration...However, the New Horizons mission to...go for New Horizon's nine...know about ... |
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New Horizons probe heads for Pluto
Destination, Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft blasted...the $700 million probe was lifted away...mph, the fastest space launch ever. The...path to arrive at Pluto on July 14, 2015...spacecraft on its way to ... |
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New Horizons Pluto probe set for takeoff.
...Technically, NASA's New Horizons probe began its long journey to Pluto on Monday morning...launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. The Atlas...system to explore Pluto, it's moon Charon...and atmosphere of Pluto, ... |
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Lockheed Martin Thermoelectric Generator Powers NASA Pluto New Horizons Probe.
...Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Company facility...electric power for NASA's Pluto New Horizons spacecraft. Launched...this close-up study of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt...voyage of exploration." Pluto, the only solar ... |
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'New Horizons' Mission Sends Probe to Pluto
...21-2006 'New Horizons' Mission Sends Probe to PlutoHost...seats, the New Horizon spacecraft...NASA's New Horizons spacecraft...the planet Pluto and then beyond...the planet ... |
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New Horizons takes flight: Probe speeds toward Pluto.
...where it will study Pluto, its moon and the...Station, launching New Horizons on the start of its...a decade to reach Pluto. If all goes well...alarms at Kennedy Space Center. Alan Stern...who discovered Pluto in 1930. Stern ... |
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PLUTO: THE FINAL FRONTIER; NASA MISSION HERALDS NEW GOLDEN AGE OF SPACE...
...McQueen NASA'S Pluto probe is due to blast...chapter in a new golden age of space exploration...However, the New Horizons mission to...start of New Horizon's nine...know about ... |
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Rocketing into the future.(SPACE)(launch of the New Horizons space probe )
...much do you know about Pluto, the outermost planet...What we know about Pluto today could fit on the...successful launch of the New Horizons space probe last month. "The textbooks...the craft will fly by ... |
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Blast-off: Pluto mission opens up new horizons A nine-year odyssey will shed...
...Charon is about half Pluto's size, leading...2005, the Hubble space telescope was pointed at Pluto and detailed observations...even more work for New Horizons when it reaches Pluto, in 2015. Early next year, the ... |
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STATE DEPT.: NASA NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT ON ITS WAY TO PLUTO
...kilogram piano-sized New Horizons probe lifted off January 19...reach the unexplored Pluto system in July 2015 to...reconnaissance of that region of space." Pluto, discovered by American...visited by a spacecraft. ... |