Image: Saturn's Moon Rhea As Seen on 22 December 2012
Updated: 2012-12-31 21:23:10
This image was taken on December 22, 2012 and received on Earth December 23, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 18,160 miles (29,226 kilometers) away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and IR1 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2013. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Full-Res: W00078554.jpg
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Earth, Moon and Soyuz. Credit: NASA/Kevin Ford. This one might have to be added to the group of iconic images from space. On December 21, a Soyuz spacecraft carrying new crewmembers approached the International Space Station. Commander Kevin Ford, already on the ISS, took this image showing the Moon above, bright blue Earth below and [...]
The six Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station will be watching from above as people around the world ring in the new year. Commander Kevin Ford and Flight Engineers Chris Hadfield and Tom Marshburn sent this video greeting for their best wishes for a happy 2013. Because the ISS travels around the [...]
A constant attention to the struggles of the start up companies in the space business will constantly remind you that the critical element of progress is the availability of enough solid fuel to keep things moving. This critical solid fuel requirement is the pacing element of almost all the progress of the last decade, with [...]
The Beginning of a New Year
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I love it when kids get excited enough about science to go out and do something about it. That’s why I’m digging Jeffrey Tang – who’s 10 – because he created the Astronomy For Kids podcast, where he talks about different astronomical things. The first podcast went up in February 2012 ("The Solar System") and [...]