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Pioneer 11 became the first robotic visitor to Saturn, passing the ringed world in September 1979. Photo Credit: NASA Spectacular Saturn—the Solar System’s second-largest planet—has been known to humanity for millennia, although only in the last few centuries since the invention of the telescope has its nature and its glorious system of rings entered […] 
Artist’s conception of Juno orbiting Jupiter. Image Credit: NASA NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been busy orbiting Jupiter and providing fantastic new views of this giant world, something not possible since the previous Galileo mission. While almost flawless so far, the mission has had a few hiccups recently. Juno entered safe mode just shortly […] 
From NASA: “NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view as it closed in on Jupiter’s north pole, about two hours before closest approach on Aug. 27, 2016.” Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Jupiter, with its complex layers of clouds and storms, is revealing itself to be a multifaceted jewel of a planet. Over forty years […] One Day to Pluto: Looking Back at Humanity's First-Time Successful Encounters With the Sun's PlanetsTomorrow’s historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto and its binary companion, Charon, will mark the completion of humanity’s first-time exploration of each of the Solar System’s nine traditional planets. Photo Credit: NASA Tomorrow, the United States will become the first nation to have conducted a close-range reconnaissance of all nine “traditional” planets […] 
Artist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft approaching Jupiter in 2016. Image Credit: NASA / JPL “Jupiter’s welcome to more from his Juno if he can get it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe While NASA and space enthusiasts the world over are waiting for New Horizons’ unprecedented Pluto flyby, the space agency […] Titan’s colorful globe passes in front of Saturn and its rings, in this true color image taken in 2011 from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The moon’s opaque atmosphere hides a fascinating surface that is rich in methane lakes, water ice, and organic compounds. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute “On Titan, the molecules that […] The trajectories of the twin Voyagers and Pioneers shown together with the more direct route to the edge of the solar system, which would be followed by a purpose-built interstellar probe. Image Credit: NASA Will we ever be able to send spacecraft to the stars in a reasonable amount of time? The big […] |
 SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink-12 Launch delayed due to weather. Awaiting a new launch time. Click here for more details...  |
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