Sentences with phrase «by planetary probes»

Hubble resolves Martian surface features with a level of detail only exceeded by planetary probes, such as impact craters and other features as small as 30 miles (50 kilometers) across.

Not exact matches

Similarly, the folks running the Pluto - bound New Horizons mission solicited help from forum members at UnmannedSpaceflight.com (run by the Planetary Society), seeking photo opportunities as the probe flew by Jupiter in 2007.

The scrappy probe managed a rare resurrection after getting staunch support from the National Academy of Sciences and the community of outer - planet researchers, along with passionate lobbying by The Planetary Society, a nonprofit group.

While most of the activity they've seen has been linked to the more than 160 volcanoes previously identified by camera - laden probes either orbiting or whizzing past Jupiter, the telescopes have identified volcanism in one region that had never experienced it before, the team reports today at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences in Reno, Nevada.

Detailed measurements by NASA's planetary probe Cassini, presented at the meeting, have now revealed the predicted snow fields, which measure up to 100 meters thick.

There, the microscopically small grains of rock from the core are catapulted along with ice particles into space, where they were measured by the instruments on the Cassini space probe,» explained the Heidelberg planetary scientist.

On Jan. 14, 2005, the Huygens entry probe became the first spacecraft to land on a planetary surface in the outer solar system, carrying out various physical and chemical measurements of Titan's atmosphere and transmitting high - resolution images as it descended by parachute.

By the way, «Science of Doom» (SoD) is totally incorrect about Venus and mistakenly states that its surface receives more than 10 times the insolation which the Russian calculated as a planetary mean from measurements made by probes which landed on the Venus surfaceBy the way, «Science of Doom» (SoD) is totally incorrect about Venus and mistakenly states that its surface receives more than 10 times the insolation which the Russian calculated as a planetary mean from measurements made by probes which landed on the Venus surfaceby probes which landed on the Venus surface..

The institute's early study of the Earth and planetary atmospheres using data collected by satellites, space probes, and space probes eventually led to GISS becoming a leading center of atmospheric modeling and of climate change.

Next time they should incorporate a cvd diamond heat spreader to iron out the kinks - By the time they get to orbit, all performance enhancing materials are cheap, and anything goes for planetary probes - a major engagement ring died to give Pioneer Venus a peep at the surface.

At GISS, through membership in the Virtual Planetary Laboratory team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, research by Nancy Kiang is probing the long wavelength limit of oxygenic photosynthesis.