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Sun Sep  7   
 NASA Dawn Mission Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
   
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  NASAs Dawn spacecraft provides the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation with terrestrial planets and Earths moon.
  
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 Three Questions About Comet ISON
   
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  Comet ISON will reach its closest approach to the sun on Thanksgiving Day (11/28/13), skimming just 730,000 miles above its surface.
  
   [...]Sun Sep  7   Dazzling SpaceX Nighttime Launch Sends AsiaSat 6 Satellite Into Orbit  Space   [SPACE] SpaceXs Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 12:50 a.m. EDT (0450 GMT) Sunday, carrying the AsiaSat 6 satellite into space for Hong Kong-based firm AsiaSat. [...]Sat Sep  6   
 NASA Highlights Mars, Earth and Other Science at AGU Event
   
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  NASA researchers, including some from JPL, will present new findings on Earth and space science topics at the next weeks American Geophysical Union meeting.
  
   [...]Sat Sep  6   
 Vesta Likely Cold and Dark Enough for Ice
   
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  Roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold, with so little sunlight, that water ice could have survived there for billions of years.
  
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Fri Sep  5   Float in Earths Upper Atmosphere with High-Altitude Balloons  Space   [ATMOSPHERE] Have you ever wished you could have your own personal satellite? One company is on a mission to put high-altitude balloons, akin to floating satellites, into the hands of space enthusiasts. [...]Sat Sep  6   
 Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
   
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  Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres.
  
   [...]Fri Sep  5   Venus and Bright Star Shine Together Early Saturday   Space   [SHINE] Early-bird stargazers with clear weather on Saturday (Sept. 6) we will be treated to a striking celestial sight when the most brilliant planet in the night sky passes close to one of the brightest stars in the sky. [...]Sat Sep  6  ISS Commercial Research That CASIS Utterly Ignores  Nasawatch   [ISS] 
  Space whiskey returning to Earth soon (hurry, please), CNet
 
 "In 2011, vials of Ardbeg scotch whiskey were sent to the International Space Station as part of an experiment to see how the spirits maturation process is affected by the near zero gravity of near space. Now its almost time for a homecoming."
 
 - Ardbeg Distillery Launches U.S. Rocket Tour Celebrating "World First" Space Experiment, earlier post
 - An Actual ISS Commercial Experiment that NASA/CASIS Ignores,  [...]Sun Sep  7   Rasalhague  Stardate.org   [RASALHAGUE] The serpent bearer has a fat head.  Ophiuchus, the serpent