Space Exploration

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Space Exploration

• Vehicles of Space

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Mars Rovers (June 7, 2003)

• Two rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, explored
  Mars surface and found evidence supporting
  ancient water.

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Cassini Mission (June 30, 2004)

• Cassini is exploring Saturns moons. It has
  launched a smaller probe, Huygens, to explore
  Titan, Saturns largest moon.

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The Hubble Telescope (April 24, 1990)

• The Hubble was launched aboard the Space Shuttle
  Discovery on April 24, 1990. Its lens contained
  the resolving power calculated to be ten times
  better than any telescope on Earth, was poised to
  open a new era in astronomy.

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The International Space Station (January 29, 1998)
The ISS is a cooperative effort of the U.S. and
15 other countries. The space station is in a
low Earth orbit and can be seen with the naked
eye when it passes by our location.
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