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NASA aims to clear up mystery of elusive clouds at edge of space
04-11-2007 · EurekAlert!NASA is preparing to launch the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere spacecraft, the first mission dedicated to exploration of mysterious ice clouds that dot the edge of space in Earth's polar regions.
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A satellite carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder instruments to study silvery-blue clouds that mysteriously form 50 miles above Earth's polar regions every year is slated to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on April 25.
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- Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet
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- University of Alberta space research to solve aurora mystery
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- Astronomers find stellar cradle where planets form
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- ESA's first Swedish astronaut to fly to the ISS
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- Hubble's 17th anniversary -- extreme star birth in the Carina Nebula
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