17th July 2011 Archive

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• Asteroid hunter achieves Vesta orbit

  'Incredible exploration milestone', enthuses NASA boss

  NASA's Dawn spacecraft yesterday entered orbit around asteroid Vesta, in what the agency's head honcho Charles Bolden described as an "incredible exploration milestone". Vesta (pictured below) is the second-largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, with its 530 kilometre (330 mile) diameter bulk surpassed …

  Space 17 Jul 12:18

• Atlantis crew pay awkward tribute to 'iconic' shuttle

  Emotional message from 'beloved' space station

  The crew of Atlantis have paid a somewhat awkward tribute to their venerable vehicle, as the US prepares to bid a tearful farewell to the space shuttle programme. The STS-135 crew members were this morning spared a celebrity wake-up call, instead enjoying a cheery bonjour from workers at the Stennis Space Center in southern …

  Space 17 Jul 12:30