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  • 11Geology of Mercury — The surface of Mercury is dominated by impact craters, and lava plains similar in some respects to the lunar maria. Other notable features include scarps and mineral deposits (possibly ice) inside craters at the poles. Currently, the surface is… …

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  • 12Callisto (moon) — Callisto View of the heavily cratered terrain of Callisto s anti Jovian hemisphere obtained in 2001 by NASA s Galileo spacecraft. The large impact structure Asgard is on the limb at upper right. The prominent rayed crater below and just right of… …

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  • 13Mars Observer — Artist rendering of Mars Observer in orbit around Mars. Operator NASA / JPL …

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  • 14Mars Exploration Rover — Artist s conception of rover on Mars Part of a panorama taken by the Spi …

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  • 15STS-119 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name STS 119 Space shuttle Discovery …

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  • 16Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… …

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  • 17STS-117 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 117 insignia = STS 117 patch new.png shuttle = Atlantis crew members = 7 launch pad = LC 39A launch = nowrap|June 8,2007 nowrap|7:38:04 p.m. EDT (23:38:04 UTC) landing = nowrap|June 22,2007 nowrap|3:49:38… …

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  • 18Atmosphere of Earth — Air redirects here. For other uses, see Air (disambiguation). Qualities of air redirects here. It is not to be confused with Air quality …

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  • 19Mir Docking Module — The docking module seen in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS 74, prior to docking with Mir. Station statistics …

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  • 20Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry       The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …

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