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E-2C
Hawkeye 2000
NEW
Aug. 23,
2008
The
all-weather E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning and battle
management aircraft has served as the "eyes" of the
U.S. Navy fleet for more than 30 years, and the E-2C Hawkeye 2000
possesses the most advanced AEW&BM capabilities in service
today. The Hawkeye provides simultaneous air and surface
surveillance, strike and intercept control, search and rescue
support, and drug interdiction.
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Cassini
Mission Gallery
Keep
It Rolling
NEW
Aug.
28, 2008
A
line of vortices rolls through the turbulent region on Saturn
nicknamed "Storm Alley" by Cassini scientists. This
latitude band, centered around 35 degrees south, has displayed
persistent, intensive storm activity since Cassini began its
approach to Saturn in early 2004.
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Exploration
Gallery
To
The Moon
July
21, 2008
Follow
a future crew as they ride the Orion capsule to the moon.
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Mars
Missions Gallery
Fresh
5-Kilometer Diameter Rayed Crater
Aug.
15, 2008
The
crater featured in this scene formed on top of ejecta from a
nearby rampart crater, located to the north. The crater’s
distinct rim indicates it is relatively young. There is bright
material on many of the crater walls that might be landslides of
dust or another bright substance. The mounds of material on the
crater floor probably formed during late stages of crater’s
own formation. The crater floor is speckled with even smaller
craters.
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Missions
Gallery
Close-Up
On Venusian Clouds At Mid-Latitudes
May 30, 2008
This
false-color ultraviolet image of the atmosphere of Venus was
obtained by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) on board ESA’s
Venus Express on 27 July 2007 from a distance of about 15 000 km,
at a wavelength of 365 nanometers. The edge of the southern polar
hood is seen at the bottom. The octagonal shape of the image is
due to the VMC field of view.
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Nature
Trail Gallery
Komodo
Dragon
May 29, 2008
The Komodo
dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a species of lizard that inhabits
the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili
Dasami, in central Indonesia. A member of the monitor lizard
family (Varanidae), it is the largest living species of lizard,
growing to an average length of 2–3 meters (approximately
6.5–10 ft) and weighing around 70 kilograms (154 lb). Their
unusual size is attributed to island gigantism, since there are
no other carnivorous mammals to fill the niche on the islands
where they live...
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Observatories
Gallery
Ground-based
image of NGC 2074
Aug.
12, 2008
This
ground-based image shows the region surrounding NGC 2074 in the
Large Magellanic Cloud. These visible-light emission-line image
was taken on the UM/CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo
Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) as part of the Magellanic Cloud
Emission Line Survey (MCELS). The composite image shows emission
from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red).
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Rockets,
Missiles, and Spacecrafts Gallery
Ballistic
Missile Defense
NEW
Aug. 23,
2008
Lockheed
Martin contributes to a variety of U.S. land-based, airborne,
sea- and space-based missile defense initiatives. Lockheed Martin
delivers the breadth and depth needed for ballistic missile
defense with the most extensive capabilities across boost,
midcourse and terminal phases.
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Solar,
Earth Atmospheric and Climate Gallery
Halloween
Storms 2003:SOHO/EIT and TRACE at 195 Ångstroms
NEW
Aug. 28,
2008
This
visualization compares the full-disk solar view of SOHO/EIT
(green, on the left) with the small field of view of the TRACE
ultraviolet telescope (gold, on the right). The yellow border of
the TRACE imagery is projected on the appropriate location on the
green EIT imagery.
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Stellar
Nights®
Gallery
North
America nebula (NGC7000) and Pelican nebula
NEW
Aug.
18, 2008
FSQ-106N,
STL-11000M. One
hour narrowband Ha, 20 minutes each red, green, blue
Some
people claim it may be visible to the naked eye under good, dark
conditions, and a preferred object for amateur
astrophotographers. The distance to the North America Nebula is
estimated at 1,600 light years. By
John Crilly,
Urban Observatory
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