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Lunar satellite Kaguya takes last spin
by Greg on Jun.09, 2009, under Science Life
The Japanese satellite kaguya will be taking it’s last super high def pictures of the moon’s surface for the last time on Wednesday, as it is set to crash into the moon for a collision experiment (Sky and Telescope): (continue reading…)
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The Engine Burns Blue
This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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