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Rosetta blog: Closing in again – CometWatch 18 February Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:13 AM PST Today’s CometWatch entry is a 1024 x 1024 pixel single frame NAVCAM image obtained on 18 February from The post Rosetta blog: Closing in again – CometWatch 18 February has been published on Technology Org.

End of Kirobo robot-astronaut mission Posted: 23 Feb 2015 04:33 AM PST Kirobo, a small humanoid robot astronaut, has safely returned to Earth in the middle of February. It is The post End of Kirobo robot-astronaut mission has been published on Technology Org.

Technicians on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey may be the last to use hand-plugged fiber plates Posted: 22 Feb 2015 11:37 PM PST A decade or two ago, technicians often spent the day snapping optical fibers into metal “plug plates” by The post Technicians on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey may be the last to use hand-plugged fiber plates has been published on Technology Org.

Mars hills hide icy past Posted: 22 Feb 2015 11:14 PM PST A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to The post Mars hills hide icy past has been published on Technology Org.

ESA’s Biomass satellite goes ahead Posted: 22 Feb 2015 11:10 PM PST Following the initial selection in 2013 for Biomass to become ESA’s seventh Earth Explorer mission and the completion The post ESA’s Biomass satellite goes ahead has been published on Technology Org.

Learn About Venus, The Hothouse Planet Near Earth Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:39 PM PST Venus was once considered a twin to Earth, as it’s roughly the same size and is relatively close The post Learn About Venus, The Hothouse Planet Near Earth has been published on Technology Org.

How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light? Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:35 PM PST Cosmologists are intellectual time travelers. Looking back over billions of years, these scientists are able to trace the The post How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light? has been published on Technology Org.

Hubble gets best view of circumstellar debris disk distorted by planet Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to take the most detailed edge on picture to date of The post Hubble gets best view of circumstellar debris disk distorted by planet has been published on Technology Org.

NASA, Orbital ATK Preparing Solid Rocket Booster Avionics for Mission Success Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:27 PM PST A pretty strand of lights can quickly turn into a pain when one electrical short takes the twinkle The post NASA, Orbital ATK Preparing Solid Rocket Booster Avionics for Mission Success has been published onTechnology Org.

NASA Announces Winning Ideas for Mars Balance Mass Challenge Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:22 PM PST A member of the public with an idea to study the Martian atmosphere and a team with a The post NASA Announces Winning Ideas for Mars Balance Mass Challenge has been published on Technology Org.

Ceremony Kicks Off Crew Access Tower Construction at NASA Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:18 PM PST Boeing and United Launch Alliance teams held a ceremonial groundbreaking Feb. 20 to begin construction on the first new crew access structure The post Ceremony Kicks Off Crew Access Tower Construction at NASA has been published on Technology Org.

First of Three Spacewalks Complete on ISS Posted: 22 Feb 2015 08:14 PM PST NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts ended their spacewalk at 2:26 p.m. EST with the repressurization of The post First of Three Spacewalks Complete on ISS has been published on Technology Org.