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On March 12, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its closest flyby yet to Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Cassini’s goal: To scoop up samples of water-ice particles and gas spewing from Old-Faithful-like geysers.... more

Donald S. Lopez, 84, deputy director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, died of a heart attack on March 3. Mr. Lopez had been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1972, when he became part of the team led by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins responsible for planning the construction and opening of the National Air and Space Museum.... more

A spokesman for the National PeopleÂ’s Congress, or parliament stressed that China adhered to a path of peaceful development but U.S. officials have claimed that ChinaÂ’s growing might is aimed at Taiwan. The National PeopleÂ’s Congress opens itÂ’s annual session on March 5th.... more

Using two ESA spacecraft, planetary scientists are watching the atmospheres of Mars and Venus being stripped away into space. The simultaneous observations by Mars Express and Venus Express give scientists the data they need to investigate the evolution of the two planetsÂ’ atmospheres... more