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All The News That Fits We Print
Vol-1 Issue 4 May 2008
The New Haven Science Fair

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  • ASNH is looking for pictures of its past Presidents for its “TimeLine” page
    If you have any please foreword them to webmaster@asnh.org.

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    Solar System Exploration

    • 07.24.08 - NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights
      • Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST THEMIS07.24.08 - NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights
      Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.


    • 07.23.08 - Nasa's Phoenix Mars Lander Prepares for Next Sample Analysis
      • Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST Nasa's Phoenix Mars Lander Prepares for Next Sample Analysis07.23.08 - Nasa's Phoenix Mars Lander Prepares for Next Sample Analysis
      The latest activities of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have moved the mission closer to analyzing a sample of material, possibly icy soil, from a hard layer at the bottom of a shallow trench beside the lander.


    • 07.21.08 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night
      • Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night07.21.08 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night
      To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time.


    • 07.15.08 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to Begin Rasping Frozen Layer
      • Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to Begin Rasping Frozen Layer07.15.08 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to Begin Rasping Frozen Layer
      A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is being tested for the first time on Mars in gathering sample shavings of ice.

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