Amazing Photos of Saturns Moon, Enceladus by Cassini

March 13, 2008

Cassini EnceladusThe Cassini spacecraft was sent to dive through an ice geyser on Saturn’s moon Enceladus last night. Pictures were radioed back to Earth late last night and NASA personnel were able to process and upload the raw images to their website early this morning.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had a deliberate near- Read more

Large Binocular Telescope, First Spectacular Images

March 8, 2008

Small LBTThe first images captured by the world’s most powerful optical telescope have been released by scientists. The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), which now operates from Mount Graham in Arizona, is able to capture detailed images of space objects millions of light-years away, having 10 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Countdown begins for Tuesday space shuttle launch

March 8, 2008

Endeavour Launch CrewCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida began ticking on Saturday toward Tuesday’s launch of space shuttle Endeavour carrying a Japanese lab section and Canadian-built robot for the International Space Station. Read more