August 2004 Top Stories
»» Cassini Significant Events for 07/30/04 - 08/04/04
[Friday, August 06, 2004] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Wednesday, August 4. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.
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»» NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Selected as Program Office for Discovery and New Frontiers Initiatives to Explore the Solar System
[Saturday, August 14, 2004] The Discovery and New Frontiers office provides opportunities for the science community to propose full investigations to be conducted under a fixed price cost cap - an initiative designed to address high-priority exploration initiatives.
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»» Cassini Discovers Two New Saturnian Moons
[Monday, August 16, 2004] With eyes sharper than any that have peered at Saturn
before, the Cassini spacecraft has uncovered two moons, which
may be the smallest bodies so far seen around the ringed
planet.
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»» Cassini Significant Events for 08/12/04 - 08/18/04
[Friday, August 20, 2004] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone
tracking station on Wednesday, August 18. The Cassini spacecraft is in an
excellent state of health and is operating normally.
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»» Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report 23 Aug 2004
[Monday, August 23, 2004] The Cassini spacecraft successfully completed a 51-minute engine burn
that will raise its next closest approach distance to Saturn by nearly
300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles).
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 08/19/04 - 08/25/04
[Saturday, August 28, 2004] On August 23, OTM-2, the periapsis raise maneuver, was successfully
completed. The purpose of this maneuver was to raise Cassini's next closest
approach distance to Saturn on October 28 by nearly 300,000 kilometers.
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