What's New in Lunar & Planetary Science
Results of the Dawn spacecraft's mission to asteroid Vesta were released at a news conference held on May 10. For more see the NASA Press Release.
The orbit of the MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury has been lowered from a period of 11.6 hours to 8 hours to give more time at low altitudes. The maneuvers were completed on 20 April 2012. More......
The Transit of Venus across the face of the Sun takes place on June 5 or 6 (depending on your location) 2012. The next Venus transit visible from Earth will not occur for 105 years.
The Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" rover, launched on 26 November 2011, will land in Gale Crater on 6 August 2012 at roughly 05:18 UT (1:18 a.m. EDT).
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