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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2012Stock # ss12_035_09_100Volume 035Issue 09
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Scope out Space
This article is a regular feature in each issue of Science Scope. An excellent overview of current NASA missions is featured in this month's article. The list of websites at the end of the... See More
This article is a regular feature in each issue of Science Scope. An excellent overview of current NASA missions is featured in this month's article. The list of websites at the end of the article are a great resource for teachers wanting to learn more about space missions!!
From Public to Private
This coming summer space mission are the hot topic. Curiosity (Mars Space Laboratory) will arrive at Mars, Dawn will launch to view third biggest asteroid Vesta. Dawn uses solar panels to ... See More
This coming summer space mission are the hot topic. Curiosity (Mars Space Laboratory) will arrive at Mars, Dawn will launch to view third biggest asteroid Vesta. Dawn uses solar panels to power it. Dragon the privately owned low orbit space craft created by SpaceX will dock again with ISS and later on launch to release the CUSat, a satellite developed by Cornell University to demonstrate GPS-based technologies for monitoring the condition of other satellites. And last of all, the Cassini spacecraft on Saturn is on a new mission called the Solstice Mission. Space missions are not over but they are seemingly moving more to the private sector.
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