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Saturday, 28 January 2012 05:45

Jupiter Today Top Stories
Jupiter Today - Jupiter News as it Happens

Evidence for Subsurface Lake on Europa
Scientists have discovered what appears to be a body of liquid water the volume of the North American Great Lakes locked inside the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa - which could represent a new potential habitat for li

LEROS Engine Propels the Juno Spacecraft on Its Historic Voyage to Jupiter
LEROS Engine Propels the Juno Spacecraft on Its Historic Voyage to Jupiter

Michael Vanhooser Named Deputy Manager of Shuttle-Ares Transition Office at NASA's Marshall Center
Michael Vanhooser Named Deputy Manager of Shuttle-Ares Transition Office at NASA's Marshall Center

Europa Lander Open Forum
The Europa Science Definition Team (SDT) has been tasked by NASA Headquarters to consider a lander option for Europa.

Jupiter-Bound Space Probe Captures Earth and Moon
On its way to the biggest planet in the solar system -- Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft took time to capture its home planet and its natural satellite -- the moon.

NASA Grant Funds Research on Jupiter Plasma Ring 'Energy Crisis'




Saturn Today Top Stories
Saturn Today - Saturn News as it Happens

The two faces of Titan's dunes
A new analysis of radar data from the international Cassini spacecraft has revealed regional variations amongst Titan's sand dunes. The result yields new clues to the giant moon's climatic and geological history.

Image: Saturn's Moons Dione, Epimetheus and Prometheus
Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view which includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 01/11/2012 - 01/17/2012
The most recent spacecraft tracking and telemetry data were acquired Jan. 17 from the Deep Space Network 70 meter diameter Deep Space Station 63 at Madrid, Spain.

Cassini Testing Part of Its Radio System
Engineers with NASA's Cassini mission are conducting diagnostic testing on a part of the spacecraft's radio system after its signal was not detected on Earth during a tracking pass in late December.

NASA Cassini Significant Events 1/4/12 - 1/10/12
The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Jan. 9 from the Deep Space Network tracking complex at Goldstone, California.

Image: Titan, Tethys, and Saturn
The line of Saturn's rings disrupts the Cassini spacecraft's view of the moons Tethys and Titan. Larger Titan (3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers across) is on the left.



 
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