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Largest Crater in the Solar System Found
Space Exploration - Around the Solar System
Jun 28, 2008 at 12:55 PM

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There is a distinct difference between the northern and the southern hemispheres of Mars. The northern hemisphere is a relatively young and smooth lowland basin, whilst the southern hemisphere consists of crater-pitted highlands, which reach up to 8,000 meters higher than anything found in the north.

NASA's Viking missions first spotted this "crustal dichotomy" in the 1970s. Twenty years later the Mars Global Surveyor mission showed that the planet’s crust was up to 30 times thicker in the south than in the north. It also detected magnetic anomalies present only in the southern hemisphere.

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Water Ice on Mars
Space Exploration - Around the Solar System
Jun 23, 2008 at 12:35 PM

Ice on MarsThe release of the pictures taken four sols (Martian days) apart, confirms the speculation that the white shiny substance uncovered by the Phoenix Lander was indeed water ice.

"It is with great pride and a lot of joy that I announce today that we have found proof that this hard bright material is really water ice and not some other substance," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona.

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Jules Verne Boosts ISS into Higher Orbit
Space Exploration - Earth Orbit
Jun 20, 2008 at 11:49 AM

The ISSThe Jules Verne Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has successfully boosted the International Space Station (ISS) into a higher orbit. In a record 20-minute burn, the 330-ton ISS was boosted by around 4.5 miles to an altitude of around 215 miles.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ATV performed a similar manoeuvre on 25-Apr. Speaking at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, Hervé Côme, ESA’s ATV Mission Director said, “Today, Jules Verne ATV has again successfully demonstrated that it is able to perform this vital function on regular basis.” Another reboost is planned in July, with two more in August.

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Discovery Home
Space Exploration - Earth Orbit
Jun 15, 2008 at 03:50 AM

STS-124 CrewThe space shuttle Discovery is home. Discovery touched down at 14-June 11:15 a.m. EDT at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, having successfully completed its 14-day visit to the International Space Station (ISS).

Mission STS-124's primary objective was to deliver and install the second component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAEA) Kibo laboratory ("Hope"). The US$1 billion, 15-tonne Pressurised Module (JPM) is the size of a bus and is the stations biggest room .Discovery also delivered a new pump for ISS’s toilet.

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Pluto Gives Name to Class of Dwarf Planet
Space Exploration - Around the Solar System
Jun 13, 2008 at 08:34 AM

Pluto and Charon

Two years after the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) controversial decision to demote Pluto to the status of dwarf planet, Pluto’s fans have been given a consolation prize.

Meeting in Oslo, Norway on Jun-11 the IAU decided that transneptunian dwarf planets will now be known as plutoids.

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The £10,000 N-Prize Challenge
Space Exploration - Earth Orbit
Jun 04, 2008 at 12:48 PM

According to the N-Prize web site, the challenge is, "to launch an impossibly small satellite into orbit on a ludicrously small budget, for a pitifully small cash prize."

The N-Prize of £9, 999.99 cash (US$20,000) is for the first person or group to put into Earth orbit, a satellite with a mass of between 9.99 and 19.99 grams. By comparison, a US quarter weighs approximately five grams, a British £1 weighs 10 grams. The winners will have to prove that the satellite has completed at least nine orbits.

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