... A strange complex of intersecting linear ridges near the southpole of Mars may be the result of sand dunes in some way becoming "cemented" into place, but scientists are still debating the nature and geologic history of these features. ...
... probability that water ice exists at both the north and southpoles of the Moon, according to initial scientific data returned ... The Hubble Deep Field South (HDF-S) is an image of a small region of the sky near the south celestial pole. ...
... The Mars Climate Orbiter will launch in December to study Martian meteorology from orbit, while the Mars Polar Lander will lift off in January to land in the unique layered terrain near the Martian southpole. ...
... The Mars Polar Lander is due for launch at 3:21 p.m. EST on Jan. 3, 1999, on an identical Boeing Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral, toward a landing near the planet's southpole on Dec. ...
... Astronomers at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and Cambridge University have discovered about a dozen of these powerful tornadoes, concentrated at the north and southpoles of the Sun. ...
... rotate the spacecraft to sweep the field of view of its cameras across the targets as the spacecraft travels south from over the Martian north pole as the spacecraft gets closer and closer to the surface Photographs will be taken as long, narrow strips as ...