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Thierry Legault – Transit of ISS and Atlantis in front of the Sun – The last mission of Atlantis.

Chile welcomed its selection Monday to host the world's largest-ever telescope, calling it an important economic achievement and a recognition of the country's importance for the key astronomy project.

via Chile welcomes selection for biggest telescope < German news | Expatica Germany.

LIVE starting at dusk on March 27, 2010 – 7pm MDT (9PM EDT, March 28 at 0100 GMT) – and will continue until dawn.

To join others in viewing as many of the Messier objects as possible during the night of March 27/28, click the link at Astronomy.FM to watch the streaming images from Global Rent-A-Scope&apos;s G-14 telescope in new Mexico.

via Messier Marathon – Free, Live and Online.

This week, stargazers can observe the waxing moon pass Mars and Saturn as it travels through the southern sky.

via StarGazing: Moon passes Mars and Saturn.

The European Southern Observatory consortium&apos;s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) in Paranal, Chile released the view of young stars in the Orion Nebula to demonstrate the compatibilities of the new telescope&apos;s 13.5-foot-wide mirror.

via Astronomers release stunning view of Orion Nebula – Science Fair: Science and Space News – USATODAY.com.

The Cassini spacecraft spies two types of waves in Saturn’s A ring: a spiral density wave on the left of the image and a more pronounced spiral bending wave near the middle.

via Waves in Saturn’s A ring | International Space Fellowship.

Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

via APOD: 2010 February 9 – Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

http://eobadmin.gsfc.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/