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  • Issue #2(2) 2014

    Flying saucers return

    Spectacular catch – NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is retrieved from the Pacific after a near-space test flight. The LDSD project is evaluating landing technologies for future Mars missions

  • Issue #2(2) 2014

    The vanity of machines

    Ready for the big event – Rosetta mission selfie taken on 7 October at a distance of about 16 km from its target comet

  • Issue #2(2) 2014

    The vanity of machines

    Me too – Curiosity Mars rover’s selfie at the ‘Windjana’ drilling site. Curiosity has accomplished its main goal by confirming that Mars once possessed conditions favourable for microbial life

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  • Issue #2(2) 2014

    The vanity of machines

    I was here – Rosetta’s self-portrait as it passes Mars, one of four planetary gravity assists needed to boost the spacecraft onto the trajectory to meet its target, comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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  • Issue #2(2) 2014

    Gods and space

    Martian celebration – An art installation in Kolkata, inspired by India’s successful Mars mission, forms part of the Hindu Durga Puja festival, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil

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  • Gods and space

    Getting a helping hand – An Orthodox priest performs a blessing at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan, ahead of the Soyuz launch that carried Expedition 41 to the International Space Station in September 2014

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