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Long Time Coming
EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM is a long game, with travel times measured in years. And the time from when we first propose a mission to when our spacecraft sits on the launch pad, ready to leave Earth or die trying, is often much longer still. In a way,
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Mapping The Geologic Moon
The Moon was always considered an astronomical object. After all, it’s located in the sky and is best observed at night. But when, in 1962, US President John F. Kennedy decided that Americans should go to the Moon by the end of the decade, it then be
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Two Planets To Observe At Opposition
We have two planetary oppositions to cover this issue, plus the usual inner planet conjunctions as well as the southern spring equinox. Let’s start as we always do, with the innermost planet, Mercury (mag. 0.3, dia. 7.5˝, Aug. 10), which begins Augus

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