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October 2008 Top Stories
»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 09/24/08 - 09/30/08
[Monday, October 6, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Sept. 30 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Madrid, Spain. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» NASA Cassini Plans Doubleheader Flybys of Saturn's Geyser Moon Enceladus
[Monday, October 6, 2008] As major league baseball readies for the World Series, NASA's Cassini team will come to bat twice this month when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's geyser moon, Enceladus.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events 10/01/08 - 10/07/08
[Sunday, October 12, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Oct. 7 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Moist Convection Can Drive Jet Streams on All Giant Planets
[Monday, October 13, 2008] Turbulence generated by thunderstorms can drive the multiple east-west jet streams on the giant planets and explain a long-standing conundrum concerning the puzzling differences between the innermost two planets and the outermost two.
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»» Giant Cyclones at Saturn's Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery
[Monday, October 13, 2008] New images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone at Saturn's north pole, and show that a similarly monstrous cyclone churning at Saturn's south pole is powered by Earth-like storm patterns.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 10/08/08 - 10/14/08
[Tuesday, October 21, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Oct. 14 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Spanish scientists confirm the existence of electric activity in Titan, the largest moon of Saturn
[Thursday, October 23, 2008] Physicists have developed a proceeding to analyse specific data sent by the Huygens probe from Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, proving "in an unequivocal way" that there is natural electric activity in its atmosphere.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 10/15/08 - 10/21/08
[Monday, October 27, 2008] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Oct. 21 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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