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MSL’s Curiosity – A Big Rover on a Bold Mission
MSL’s Curiosity – A Big Rover on a Bold Mission

JPL systems engineer Nagin Cox of the Mars Science Lab operations team: Mars is hard, MSL is harder.

Transiting the Sun
Transiting the Sun

Earth’s planetary neighbor Venus passes across the face of the sun on June 5, 2012, seen here from the International…

Dwarfed by the Sun
Dwarfed by the Sun

Earth’s planetary neighbor Venus passes across the face of the sun on June 5, 2012, seen here from the International…

Venus Transit From the Space Station
Venus Transit From the Space Station

This image of the 2012 Venus Transit was taken by NASA Astronaut Don Pettit from aboard the International Space Station…

Path of the 2012 Venus Transit
Path of the 2012 Venus Transit

On June 5-6 2012, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, collected images of one of the rarest predictable solar events:…

SDO’s High Def View of 2012 Venus Transit
SDO’s High Def View of 2012 Venus Transit

On June 5-6 2012, SDO is collecting images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus…

Looking at the Sun
Looking at the Sun

It appeared that New Yorkers were not going to be able to see the transit of the planet Venus across…

Transit of Venus Across the Sun
Transit of Venus Across the Sun

Earth’s planetary neighbor Venus passes across the face of the sun on June 5, 2012, seen here from the International…

Enterprise on the Hudson
Enterprise on the Hudson

Enterprise, the prototype for the space shuttle fleet, arrived at the Intrepid Museum in New York City on Wednesday, June…

Light Curve of a Planet Transiting Its Star
Light Curve of a Planet Transiting Its Star

Transit data are rich with information. By measuring the depth of the dip in brightness and knowing the size of…