Cosmos Portal: Space Missions
Space Missions includes the various human exploratory missions that study any aspect of the universe beyond the surface and atmosphere of Earth.
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Cassini Huygens Saturn Mission
On June 30, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn to begin the first in-depth, up-close study of the ringed planet and its domain. Mission planners expected to find a treasure of...
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Notes from the Astronomy Underground- Astropalooza
According to the tagline in Ridley Scott’s 1979 blockbuster Alien, “In space, no one can hear you scream.” It’s true that sound waves, unlike light, need a medium- some kind of...
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NASA - Science Missions
NASA Science Missions The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Space Act) established NASA as an aerospace research and development agency that sponsors and conducts flight missions to obtain data in furtherance of its objectives. In NASA's...
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NASA Approves X-ray Space Mission
NASA JPL, Pasadena (Sep. 8, 2009) – NASA recently confirmed that the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission will launch in August 2011. NuSTAR will carry the first...
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Deep Space 1 Nation: U.S. (73) Objective(s): asteroid flyby Spacecraft: DS 1 Spacecraft Mass: 489 kg Mission D...
The goals of the International Space Station (ISS) are to establish a permanent habitable residence and labora...
NASA's The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) is a NASA small explorer mission designed to examine...
THIS IS A PROTOARTICLE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED. Launched in June, 1992, The Ext...
Introduction The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE) was one of three ultraviolet teles...
Introduction The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT) was one of three ultraviolet instruments of the ASTRO-1 m...
Introduction Why Space Interferometry? Given the extra expense and the increased difficulty of access to i...
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Current plans call for NASA to land astronauts on the Moon in 2020. Given past history of ambitious programs l...
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Kennedy Space Center (May 11, 2009) Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m...
NASA-JPL (May 13, 2009) NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds. The mis...
PASADENA, Calif. (May 5, 2009) Two missions to study the cosmos, Herschel and Planck, are scheduled to bla...
NASA GSFC (Aug. 18, 2009) GOES-14, formerly GOES-O, has achieved another significant milestone with the re...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Recent News RSS Feed ...
Earlier today, a crew of six, including two ESA-selected participants and four Russians, embarked on a simulat...
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