Unmanned
Space Science Missions
by Ken Kremer
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Kepler
Space Telescope – Planet Hunter
NASA
Comet & Asteroid Missions: Stardust-NeXT,
Deep Impact & EPOXI
35
Days to STARDUST-NeXT Valentines Day Flyby of Comet
Temple 1 1/10/11
Deep
Impact Earth Swing-by Sets Second Comet Rendezvous 6/28/10
Solar & Lunar
Eclipses
Spectacular
Photos from the Jan. 4 Partial Solar Eclipse 1/4/11
Red Moon, Red Planet 12/26/10
SpaceX: Falcon 9 & Dragon
SpaceX postpones launch to December 8 or 9 after
successful static fire test
12/6/10
SpaceX targets Nov. 8 launch for Falcon 9 and Dragon 9/29/10
Inside
SpaceX: Dragon Debut with Falcon 9 Launch set for
October 23 9/17/10
SpaceX Activates Station Communications System for Future
Dragon Dockings
Successful
Engine Test Firing for SpaceX Inaugural Falcon 9
Hayabusa:
Japanese Asteroid Lander Mission
Japanese
Scientists Discover Dust Inside Hayabusa Asteroid
Capsule 7/7/10
Japanese
Asteroid Lander Hayabusa Plunges Home to Earth (with video) 6/13/10
Delta
4 GPS Launch
Delta
4 Blast Off with Advanced new GPS Satellite Marks 50th Anniversary of Delta
Program (with video) 5/28/10
Delta
4 Poised to Launch with Next Generation GPS Satellite 5/22/10
Atlas
5
Revolutionary
NASA Solar Explorer Roars to Space
2/15/10
Atlas
Launch halted by ORCA; Shuttle Atlantis Next in Line 11/15/09
LRO
& LCROSS Up Close Tour: Poised on Atlas V Rocket at Launch Complex 41 6/14/09
Dawn Asteroid Orbiter
Dawn
launch: Post-launch update 10/2/07
Dawn
launch: Solar arrays deployed 9/27/07
Dawn
launch: A brilliant flash and a thunderous roar! 9/27/07
Dawn launch: 77 minutes and counting, go
for LO2 fueling 9/27/07
Dawn
launch: Terminal countdown begun 9/27/07
Dawn
launch: T minus 1 day: Up close at the Delta II launch pad 9/26/07
Dawn launch: Go Dawn, go Delta! 9/26/07
Dawn launch: One-on-one with Marc Rayman at Kennedy Space Center 9/26/07
Dawn launch: Delayed to September 27 9/24/07
Dawn
launch: Go for fueling! 9/22/07
Delta
2 Rocket
Dawn
launch: T minus 1 day: Up close at the Delta II launch pad 9/26/07
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