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"Craters That Look Like Other Things\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSmiley Face Crater\nBob Ross would approve of this happy little crater on Mercury. The Messenger Spacecraft snapped this image in October. The crater is 23 miles wide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCookie Monster Crater\nAn impact basin spotted on Mercury looks remarkably like the sweet treat-loving Muppet. NASA released the photo from the Messenger probe on Oct. 13.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMickey Mouse Craters\nMercury sure is full of interesting craters. You'd almost think that Hollywood designed the surface of the planet. NASA's Messenger spacecraft snapped this photo of a group of craters that form the shape of Mickey Mouse. The giant crater in the center is 65 miles wide.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlueberry Sandwich Crater\n\"It looks like a blueberry sandwich,\" said Matt Golombek, a rover science-team member at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The Opportunity rover took this picture in 2010 after spending six weeks investigating the 33-foot crater called Concepci\u00F3n.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne-Eyed Crater\nTaken by the Cassini spacecraft, this photo shows the giant eye on Saturn's Mimas moon. Also known as the Herschel Crater, the creepy spy-like formation is 81 miles wide. How's that for \"Big Brother\"?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur galaxy is dotted with tiny NASA probes that snap photos like happy space tourists. And these are vacation photo albums that we actually want to see. \nIt's a real treat when NASA posts a new photo with a caption that reads something like, \"Hey, this crater looks like Cookie Monster!\" (How could you not click on that?). After staring into space too long, alien landscapes probably start to look like familiar Earth objects. But that's not the case here \u2014 NASA got these doppelg\u00E4ngers right on the money.\n\nSEE ALSO: The Shiny Mars Mystery Object: 10 Things It Could Be\nWe found five relatively recent images of giant craters that have taken the shape of beloved Earth TV characters, human food and even non-alien anatomy.\nAnd in Case You Haven't Kept Up With Space This Year ...\n\n\nBiggest Space Moments of 2012\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. The Epic Supermoon\n\nOn a clear weekend in May, the full moon got the closest to Earth that it will reach all year, resulting in what astronomers called the \"supermoon.\" It appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the average full moon.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. First Triathlon in Space\n\nNASA astronaut Sunita Williams completed the first triathlon in space. She ran, biked and swam along with athletes in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in Southern California this September. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. 26 Alien Planets in 11 Solar Systems\n\nIn January, NASA announced that its Kepler telescope had discovered 11 new planetary systems with 26 confirmed alien planets. The \"exoplanets\" range in size -- from 1.5 times the radius of Earth to larger than Jupiter. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Earth Sings in Space\n\nNASA's Storm Probe satellites captured radio waves caused by the Van Allen belts and rendered them into an audio recording. While you can't technically hear sound in space, the radio waves -- or \"chorus\" -- is real. Some say the sound is similar to a whale's song.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Space Shuttle Endeavour's LA Trek\n\n\nIn order to get to its permanent home at the California Science Center, space shuttle Endeavour had to make one epic journey through the streets of Los Angeles. \nA Toyota Tundra pulled the 155,000-pound shuttle on a 12-mile route to the museum, leaving a trail of once-in-a-lifetime photo ops and stories that passers-by will tell their kids for years.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. SpaceX Dragon and the ISS\n\n\nAfter testing the Dragon capsule and the Falcon 9 launch vehicle in May, NASA approved SpaceX to deliver a series of cargo shipments to the ISS, bringing a total of 20 metric tons of supplies into space.\nIn its most recent journey, Dragon spent three weeks on board the station before heading back to Earth with astronaut blood and urine samples. \nThe mission is a significant step towards making private space flight a near-future reality. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Felix Baumgartner's Space Jump\n\n\nStuntman Felix Baumgartner jumped 128,00 feet from the edge of space in October. Baumgartner set records for highest jump from a platform (128,100 feet), longest distance freefall (119,846 feet) and maximum vertical velocity (833.9 mph or Mach 1.24). He also broke the YouTube record for \"livestream with most concurrent views ever.\" \nWatch his dizzying headcam video for a truly out-of-this-world experience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. The Farthest-Ever View Into the Universe\n\n\nThe Hubble Space Telescope captured the farthest-ever view into the universe. This photo, called eXtreme Deep Field, reveals thousands of galaxies billions of light-years away. The image is a composite of 10 years of Hubble telescopic views. \nJust think, the lights you see in this photo come from planets that no longer exist -- that's how far away it is. Mind. Blown.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Farewell, Neil Armstrong\n\n\nThis August we said goodbye to the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong passed away at 82 after complications from a heart bypass surgery. \nOn July 20, 1969, Armstrong made history by placing his left foot onto the surface of the moon and uttering the words, \u201CThat\u2019s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\u201D \nIt is, arguably, the greatest scientific feat of the 20th century.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Curiosity Rover Makes History on Mars\n\nWe could go on and on about this incredible robot and her 23-month expedition on the Red Planet. Curiosity's landing on Mars was dubbed the \"seven minutes of terror,\" and it is reason alone to put her in our top spot. \nSince making her landing on Aug. 5, Curiosity has found an ancient streambed where water once flowed, \"touched\" her first Martian rock, snapped incredible self-portraits and even made the universe's first Foursquare check-in on Mars.\nAnd she still has 20 months left to go.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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