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Cassini Significant Events for 08/22/07 - 08/28/07 »» Cassini Significant Events for 08/22/07 - 08/28/07

[Tuesday, September 4, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, August 28, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

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New Horizons to Voyager: Happy 30th Anniversary! »» New Horizons to Voyager: Happy 30th Anniversary!

[Wednesday, September 5, 2007] On the 30th anniversary of Voyager 1's launch, the New Horizons mission salutes its predecessor on the path toward the solar system's planetary frontier - and beyond.

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Cassini Significant Events  for 08/29/07 - 09/04/07 »» Cassini Significant Events for 08/29/07 - 09/04/07

[Friday, September 7, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, September 4, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

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Cassini Flies By Walnut-Shaped Moon Iapetus »» Cassini Flies By Walnut-Shaped Moon Iapetus

[Tuesday, September 11, 2007] Cassini completed its closest flyby of the odd moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007. The spacecraft flew about 1,640 kilometers (1,000 miles) from Iapetus' surface and is returning amazing views of the bizarre moon.

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Craters in Relief »» Craters in Relief

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] Large and medium-sized impact basins on Rhea's trailing hemisphere are thrown into sharp relief by the grazing rays of the Sun. Bright, wispy features reach across the surface from the east.

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Mimas in Transit »» Mimas in Transit

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] A lone moon hurtles past as the Cassini spacecraft stares into the clouds of Saturn.

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Magnificent Scars »» Magnificent Scars

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] The Cassini spacecraft provides a stunning view of the Odysseus impact basin on Tethys. The enormous basin is 450 kilometers (280 miles) wide. The medium-sized crater Melanthius is seen along the terminator at lower left.

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Inclined Dione »» Inclined Dione

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] The Cassini spacecraft provides a stunning view of the Odysseus impact basin on Tethys. The enormous basin is 450 kilometers (280 miles) wide. The medium-sized crater Melanthius is seen along the terminator at lower left.

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Children of Saturn »» Children of Saturn

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] Two moons on opposite sides of the rings slide past each other in this stately portrait of Saturn. Dione on the far side of Saturn, appears above the rings. Tethys poses directly in front of the ringplane.

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Helene of Troy »» Helene of Troy

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] The Cassini spacecraft reveals details on the surface of small, irregularly shaped Helene in this close-up view, obtained during the spacecraft's closest encounter with this moon during its four-year primary mission.

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Exposing Iapetus' Dark Side »» Exposing Iapetus' Dark Side

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] Images taken with Cassini's ultraviolet imaging spectrograph shed some light on the dark side of Saturn's moon Iapetus.

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Moonwatching »» Moonwatching

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] Two of Saturn's moons make appearances in this view in very different ways. Janus (181 kilometers, or 113 miles across) glides past at bottom, near the edge-on ringplane.

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A Defining Feature »» A Defining Feature

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] Bright, wispy markings cover the trailing hemisphere of Rhea. The features are thought to be similar in nature to the bright, icy canyons seen on Dione.

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History on Tethys »» History on Tethys

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on July 21, 2007. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 452,000 kilometers (281,000 miles) from Tethys.

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Iapetus Closeup - 3 »» Iapetus Closeup - 3

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] This image was taken on September 10, 2007 and received on Earth September 10, 2007. The camera was pointing toward Iapetus at approximately 1,316 kilometers away.

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Iapetus Closeup - 2 »» Iapetus Closeup - 2

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] This image was taken on September 10, 2007 and received on Earth September 10, 2007. The camera was pointing toward Iapetus at approximately 1,478 kilometers away.

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Iapetus Closeup - 1 »» Iapetus Closeup - 1

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] This image was taken on September 10, 2007 and received on Earth September 10, 2007. The camera was pointing toward Iapetus at approximately 62,470 kilometers away.

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Cassini Significant Events  for 09/05/07 - 09/11/08 »» Cassini Significant Events for 09/05/07 - 09/11/08

[Sunday, September 16, 2007] The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally, given the configuration established by the safing.

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Cassini Significant Events  for 09/12/07 - 09/18/07 »» Cassini Significant Events for 09/12/07 - 09/18/07

[Friday, September 21, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, September 18, from the Madrid tracking complex.The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.

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NASA To Accelerate Space Nuclear Power »» NASA To Accelerate Space Nuclear Power

[Saturday, September 29, 2007] NASA will accelerate missions featuring space nuclear power. The decision marks a major milestone for robotic exploration, but is a controversial move among groups that oppose space nuclear power because of launch safety concerns.

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