Over the next Martian year (687 Earth days), Curiosity will try to satisfy our curiosity about the world around us.
True, a year on this planet lasts just two Earth days, but NASA's Jack Lissauer says the planet feels quite a bit like home.
Due to the schedule change announced Monday, the three Russian astronauts on board will return to Earth eight days later than originally planned, on September 16 instead of September 8, Krasnov said.
Kepler-69c, the biggest of this newly discovered trio is estimated to be 70 percent larger than Earth and takes 242 days to revolve around its sun-like star Kepler-69.
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This past weekend saw a particularly stunning display following a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection, where the sun spews a burst of particles into space that reach Earth one to three days later.
Practising on the moon makes sense because it is only three days travel from Earth.
Images from this would have been sent back to Earth for up to 30 days for vital research.
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While the Shenzhou V stayed aloft for only 21 hours, the Shenzhou VI will orbit the Earth for five to seven days.
But managers wanted to deal with the trouble now, while it was fresh and before Mr. Marshburn returns to Earth in just a few days.
And this Navy fighter jet -- appropriately called the Green Hornet -- will be flown for the first time in just a few days, on Earth Day.
They say they have strong evidence for another planet in the same system that has about eight times the mass of the Earth and orbits every 84 days.
At a steady pace of 6 mph, it would take a jogger 173 days to circle the earth.
Thagard, the former NASA astronaut, said he was exposed to 120 millisieverts during his 115 days in low-Earth orbit aboard Mir.
Dragon will remain berthed with the Station for 18 days, returning to Earth on October 28 with about 1600 pounds of cargo.
We have remained, since our Apollo days, locked in Earth orbit.
With the royal-wedding circus over, London is refocusing on its more down-to-earth pleasures, making the sunny days of early summer a strategic moment to pop over.
Chicken Littles in those days argued that the earth was becoming overpopulated, that we were running out of food, oil and other natural resources, that we were becoming more polluted.
The taikonauts will remain in orbit for a few more days before returning to Earth, but the Chinese space program has not stated a definitive date as of this writing.
It has five times the mass of the Earth and orbits its star every 13 days.
Normally, a trip from Earth to the ISS takes about two days.
Man now had to work the earth, to eat of it all the days of his life.
Bella will spend eight days on Mir before returning to Earth with the craft's current commander, Padalka.
It is 70% larger than the Earth and orbits Kepler 69 once every 242 days -- very like Venus.
These days, people all over the earth generate more than 1 billion photos per day (using data from Jonathan Good).
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The asteroid orbits the Sun in 368 days - a period similar to Earth's year - but it does not orbit in the same plane as the Earth.
The results suggest that 17% of stars host a planet up to 1.25 times the size of the Earth, in close orbits lasting just 85 days or fewer - much like the planet Mercury.
Now, does the Bible really intend its readers to believe that the earth was created in 6, 24-hour days?
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The planet, called HD209458b, passes in front of the Earth every three-and-a-half days, making accurate measurements possible over time.
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