Space Shuttle Atlantis Ready for Launch (Update)
February 7, 2008
Weather permitting, the space shuttle Atlantis is set up for launch today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A cold front is expected to move over the area and there’s only a 30% chance of acceptable conditions for the launch.
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Follow-up: Asteroid 2007 TU24
January 30, 2008
As mentioned previously, the asteroid 2007 TU24 has made its closest approach to Earth on January 29. It’s now on its way across the solar system, distancing itself after getting as close as 1.4 times the distance between moon and Earth.
Scientists are starting to look into the data acquired in hopes of increasing the knowledge about similar objects,
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MESSENGER Sends Earth the First Color Pictures of Mercury
January 26, 2008
In the first mission to the densest planet in the solar system since the Mariner 10 spacecraft visited it in 1974 and 1975, NASA’s MESSENGER probe made a historic flyby on January 14, 2008, skimming just 200 Km above Mercury’s surface.
Asteroid 2007 TU24 Visible on January 29, 2008
January 25, 2008
In what will be the closest approach by an object of comparable size or larger until 2027, the asteroid 2007 TU24 is an opportunity for amateurs equipped with modest telescopes to observe a unique celestial event. A telescope of 3 inches or larger aperture is recommended (the Hubble, depicted, is optional).
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