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	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japan successfully launced Hinode (solar-B) solar observational satellite ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Everything is perfect! Solar-B and its vehicle M-V-7 rocket have been successfully launced from Uchinoura Space Center (USC/JAXA). The spacecraft was put in the planned orbit. It has been named Hinode, which means sunrise in Japanese. All status of the spacecraft including solar panel power, atitude, temperatures of instruments, and ultra fine Sun sensor (UFSS) are nominal. <br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/110/Japan-successfully-launced-Hinode-solarB-solar-observational-satellite.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1904-2/usc_1_.jpg"> </a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Atlantis glided to a landing this morning at KSC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Atlantis glided to a landing this morning at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., concluding a successful mission to resume construction of the International Space Station. Atlantis and the six-member STS-115 crew spent nearly 12 days in space. <br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/109/Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-glided-to-a-landing-this-morning-at-KSC.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2232-2/06pd2185_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Atlantis given GO to suit up for deorbit burn]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mission control gave Space Shuttle Atlantis the green light to suit up for deorbit burn.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/108/Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-given-GO-to-suit-up-for-deorbit-burn.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1349-2/157327main_iss013e79892_hires_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/108/Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-given-GO-to-suit-up-for-deorbit-burn.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ESA gets ready to launch a stellar seismologist COROT]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ESA gets ready to launch a stellar seismologist COROT to detect and study the vibrations of stars (starquakes) , and aid in the search for extrasolar planets and more particularly the telluric planets.<br/><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/107/ESA-gets-ready-to-launch-a-stellar-seismologist-COROT.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2220-2/corot_terre_ocre_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/107/ESA-gets-ready-to-launch-a-stellar-seismologist-COROT.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Astronomy</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shuttle Atlantis set to return home Thursday morning]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Shuttle Atlantis cleared for deorbit and to return home Thursday morning<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/106/Shuttle-Atlantis-set-to-return-home-Thursday-morning.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2177-2/shuttle+check8+nasatv.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/106/Shuttle-Atlantis-set-to-return-home-Thursday-morning.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Space Shuttle</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[New rings found in the orbit of Saturns moons Janus and Epimetheus ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[New rings found in the orbit of Saturns moons Janus and Epimetheus. The Janus/Epimetheus Ring: A new diffuse ring, coincident with the orbits of Saturn's moon's Janus and Epimetheus, has been revealed in ultra-high phase angle views from Cassini. Ultra-high phase angle indicates the sun is behind the target. <br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/105/New-rings-found-in-the-orbit-of-Saturns-moons-Janus-and-Epimetheus.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2187-2/PIA08322_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/105/New-rings-found-in-the-orbit-of-Saturns-moons-Janus-and-Epimetheus.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Saturn</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/105/New-rings-found-in-the-orbit-of-Saturns-moons-Janus-and-Epimetheus.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unidentified small debris was recorded by STS-115 astronaut Daniel Burbank]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This picture of unidentified possible small debris was recorded with a digital still camera by astronaut Daniel Burbank onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis around 11 a.m. (CDT) today. Engineers do not believe this to be the same object seen in video taken by shuttle TV cameras earlier in the day.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/104/Unidentified-small-debris-was-recorded-by-STS115-astronaut-Daniel-Burbank.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2184-2/158360main_s115e07201_hires_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/104/Unidentified-small-debris-was-recorded-by-STS115-astronaut-Daniel-Burbank.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[crew completed scheduled inspections of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ heat shield]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The STS-115 crew completed scheduled inspections of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ heat shield this morning. The astronauts used cameras on the shuttle’s robotic arm to conduct the scans. <br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/103/crew-completed-scheduled-inspections-of-Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-heat-shield.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2180-2/shuttle+check9+nasatv.jpg"></a>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expedition 14 Soyuz TMA 9 docks with the International Space Station]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Expedition 14 Soyuz TMA 9 spacec Docks with the International Space Station at 1:21 a.m. EDT Sept 20th 2006.<br><a href=http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/102/Expedition-14-Soyuz-TMA-9-docks-with-the-International-Space-Station.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2141-2/158361main_soyuz_approach_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/102/Expedition-14-Soyuz-TMA-9-docks-with-the-International-Space-Station.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Space Station</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/102/Expedition-14-Soyuz-TMA-9-docks-with-the-International-Space-Station.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[Opportunity's First Glimpse of Victoria Crater ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Mars Rover Opportunity takes its first glimpse of Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/101/Opportunitys-First-Glimpse-of-Victoria-Crater.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2135-2/1NN943EFF76CYL00P1968L000M2-B944R1_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/101/Opportunitys-First-Glimpse-of-Victoria-Crater.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Mars</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ground-Piercing Radar on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter system GO!]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The radar received its first radio echo from the Martian surface during a test on Sept.18, providing a preliminary indication that the entire instrument is working properly. Researchers will use the instrument for more test observations at the end of this month. Communication with all spacecraft at Mars will be intermittent during most of October while that planet is behind the sun from Earth's perspective. The two-year-long main science phase of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission will begin in November.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/100/GroundPiercing-Radar-on-NASA-Mars-Reconnaissance-Orbiter-system-GO.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/2053-2/20060919-sharad_br_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/100/GroundPiercing-Radar-on-NASA-Mars-Reconnaissance-Orbiter-system-GO.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Mars</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/100/GroundPiercing-Radar-on-NASA-Mars-Reconnaissance-Orbiter-system-GO.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bad weather and mystery objects delays Atlantis return to Earth]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bad weather at Kennedy Space Center and mystery objects delays Atlantis return to Earth on Wednesday.  The shuttle crew told to use the robotic arm with its elbow camera to survey the shuttle<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/99/Bad-weather-and-mystery-objects-delays-Atlantis-return-to-Earth.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1325-2/iss013e79951_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/99/Bad-weather-and-mystery-objects-delays-Atlantis-return-to-Earth.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Space Shuttle</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[ALOS 3d view of Millau Viaduct in Southern France ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Advanced Land Observing Satellite Three-Dimensional View of Millau Viaduct, World's Highest Bridge in Southern France.<a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/98/ALOS-3d-view-of-Millau-Viaduct-in-Southern-France.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1945-5/tp060914_01_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/98/ALOS-3d-view-of-Millau-Viaduct-in-Southern-France.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Mars</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/98/ALOS-3d-view-of-Millau-Viaduct-in-Southern-France.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[Discovery STS-116 astronauts busy in shuttle training simulators]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Discovery STS-116 astronauts busy in shuttle training simulators, for their mission to deliver and attach the International Space Station's third port truss segment, the P5 truss. It is scheduled for December 2006 and will exchange one member the station's Expedition 13 and Expedition 14 crews. It will be flown by Space Shuttle Discovery.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/97/Discovery-STS116-astronauts-busy-in-shuttle-training-simulators.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1931-2/jsc2005e32783_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/97/Discovery-STS116-astronauts-busy-in-shuttle-training-simulators.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Space Shuttle</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/97/Discovery-STS116-astronauts-busy-in-shuttle-training-simulators.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[Toxic spill on space station sets off the alarms]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Toxic spill on space station sets off the alarms, crew members activated the stations emergency system, containg the toxic spill to the Zvezda service module.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/95/Toxic-spill-on-space-station-sets-off-the-alarms.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1844-2/s115e06767_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/95/Toxic-spill-on-space-station-sets-off-the-alarms.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/95/Toxic-spill-on-space-station-sets-off-the-alarms.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[MESSENGER Tweaks Its Route to Mercury]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The MESSENGER trajectory correction maneuver 11 (TCM 11) on September 12 lasted just under four minutes and adjusted the spacecraft’s velocity by about 1.68 meters per second (5.5 feet per second). The short-duration maneuver kept MESSENGER on track for next month’s Venus flyby.<br/><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/94/MESSENGER-Tweaks-Its-Route-to-Mercury.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1825-2/tcm11toSun_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/94/MESSENGER-Tweaks-Its-Route-to-Mercury.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Mercury</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soyuz blasts off with the worlds first female space tourist]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a cloudless sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Soyuz TMA-9 capsule blasts off with the worlds first female space tourist. The astronauts will dock their Soyuz with the space station just over 48 hours after lift-off.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/93/Soyuz-blasts-off-with-the-worlds-first-female-space-tourist.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1820-2/soyuz_wideweb__470x347_0_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/93/Soyuz-blasts-off-with-the-worlds-first-female-space-tourist.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Space Station</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/93/Soyuz-blasts-off-with-the-worlds-first-female-space-tourist.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA Developing New Heat Shield for Orion]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA Developing New Heat Shield for Orion. The new spaceship of the future must endure searing temperatures capable of melting iron, steel or chromium as the spacecraft streaks into the Earth's atmosphere on the way back from the moon. Faster than the fastest bullet, the spaceship – called the Orion – will enter Earth's atmosphere at 6.8 miles (11 kilometers) per second, generating surface temperatures equivalent to more than 4,800 degrees Fahrenheit (2,649 degrees Celsius.) 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Solar occultation of Saturn will let the rings shine like never before]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ring scientists have been waiting for this. Finally, after more than two years orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft reaches one of the ultimate vantage points. During the 12 hour solar occultation the rings of Saturn should shine with majesty worthy of the "Jewel of the Solar System." Cassini is slated to start sending the images back starting on Sept. 17. <a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/91/Solar-occultation-of-Saturn-will-let-the-rings-shine-like-never-before.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1778-2/PIA08253-br500_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/91/Solar-occultation-of-Saturn-will-let-the-rings-shine-like-never-before.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Saturn</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/91/Solar-occultation-of-Saturn-will-let-the-rings-shine-like-never-before.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[The largest planet ever found less dense than cork]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The largest planet discovered to date is a gas giant larger than Jupiter and less dense than cork Planet HAT-P-1 is in orbit around a star in the constellation Lacerta around 450 light-years away.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/90/The-largest-planet-ever-found-less-dense-than-cork.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1773-2/2006-0915extrasolar_1_.jpg"></a>
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      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/90/The-largest-planet-ever-found-less-dense-than-cork.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Astronomy</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Titan has Ethane clouds snowing on Methane lakes]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer has detected what appears to be a massive ethane cloud surrounding Titan's north pole. The cloud might be snowing ethane snowflakes into methane lakes below.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/89/Titan-has-Ethane-clouds-snowing-on-Methane-lakes.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1766-2/PIA08739_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/89/Titan-has-Ethane-clouds-snowing-on-Methane-lakes.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Phoenix Mars Lander on track for Aug 2007 launch]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Phoenix Mars Lander on track for Aug 2007 launch.<br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/88/Phoenix-Mars-Lander-on-track-for-Aug-2007-launch.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1753-2/landing_small_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/88/Phoenix-Mars-Lander-on-track-for-Aug-2007-launch.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Atlantis Undocks from Station and gets ready to return on Wednesday]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After a busy week of challenging construction work, the shuttle Atlantis and her crew undocked from the International Space Station Sunday to begin their journey home. Landing is set for 5:57 a.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. <br><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/86/Atlantis-Undocks-from-Station-and-gets-ready-to-return-on-Wednesday.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1427-2/157639main_s115e05753_hires_1_.jpg"></a>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Expedition 14 Soyuz Rocket a go for Mondays Launch ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Space Station’s next crew will begin the journey to its home new early Monday. The Soyuz rocket that will carry Expedition 14 into space is slated to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:09 a.m. EDT. <br/><a href="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/87/Expedition-14-Soyuz-Rocket-a-go-for-Mondays-Launch.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1723-2/jsc2006e40407_1_.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/87/Expedition-14-Soyuz-Rocket-a-go-for-Mondays-Launch.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Space Station</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/87/Expedition-14-Soyuz-Rocket-a-go-for-Mondays-Launch.html#cmt</comments>
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      <title><![CDATA[SOHO does handstands to keep sending data]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If one compares two images from SOHO's C3 coronagraph on September 12, 2006, you can detect something has changed. The rather faint and obscure metal armature that holds the centered, blue occulting disk over the telescope lens (where the Sun would be) has moved 180 degrees from one image to the next. Why?<br><a href=http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/85/SOHO-does-handstands-to-keep-sending-data.html"><img src="http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/gallery/d/1518-2/rotate.jpg"></a>]]></description>
      <link>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/85/SOHO-does-handstands-to-keep-sending-data.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>Astronomy</category>
      <comments>http://www.heliospheric-labs.com/blog/post/news/85/SOHO-does-handstands-to-keep-sending-data.html#cmt</comments>
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