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 Delta 2 rocket launch - A Delta 2 rocket lifts off with an international oceanography satellite.
ESA's lifting body - Europe's re-entry demonstrator should be approved soon for blastoff in late 2013.
Crew arrives at ISS - Next space station crew docks to orbiting complex in Soyuz capsule.
Voyager finds bubbles - The Voyager spacecraft has discovered signs of giant magnetic bubbles at the solar system's outer edge.
Rosetta goes to sleep - ESA's Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft goes into hibernation.
Shuttle photo op - Spectacular photos of shuttle Endeavour docked to the space station.
Sea Launch update - Two missions are planned this year by Sea Launch from the Pacific Ocean and Kazakhstan.
Fresh crew launched - Reinforcements for the space station crew blast off on a Soyuz rocket.
Picking a destination - NASA will decide this summer where its next Mars rover will land.
Spirit's last images - A collection of the final photos returned from NASA's Spirit rover on Mars.
Atlantis on deck - Beautiful photos of shuttle Atlantis at sunrise on the launch pad.
Endeavour home - Concluding a 16-day mission, Endeavour returns to Earth for the final time.
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Orbiting camera turns Mars into art
A sharp-eyed camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent back more stunning images of the Red Planet's surface showing colorful sand dunes, polar frost, and rocky features visible from space.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, can spot surface features as small as 1 foot from an altitude of 186 miles. HiRISE is managed by researchers at the University of Arizona.
This picture shows surface textures in the southern polar residual cap of Mars. The cap was covered in seasonal carbon dioxide frost as this picture was taken.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
A frost-covered dune field in Richardson crater is the subject of this picture.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Gullies radiate from the top of a mesa at Gorgonum Chaos, a region of chaotic terrain in the southern hemisphere.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
This HiRISE view shows an outcrop of fractured rock on the floor of a large impact crater in the southern highlands.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The steep slope of this plateau is part of a long outflow channel system named Kasei Valles. The channel is approximately 0.8 miles deep, comparable to the topographic relief of the Grand Canyon.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
An ancient impact site in the southern highlands of Mars is covered with boulders, indicating the crater is very old.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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