Pick of the Week
Goodbye Ulysses (July 3, 2009)
Upon receipt of the last command from Earth, the transmitter on Ulysses switched off on June 30, 2009, bringing one of the most successful and longest missions in spaceflight and solar study history to an end...
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OUTREACH SPOTLIGHT
Individual Solar Outreach in Atlanta
A 20-year veteran Air Traffic Controller in Atlanta, GA, started a small Solar Outreach Program in the local community called the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project...
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Hot Shots from SOHO
SOHO celebrates 1500th comet discovery
It's the most successful comet catcher in history. SOHO has just reached a new milestone: It has discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all the other discoverers of comets throughout history put together...
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At 05:49 UT |
| Speed: 343 km/s | |
| Density: 2.41 p/cm3 | |
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