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Saturn Turns 60
London UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2007"We detected the 60th moon orbiting Saturn using the Cassini spacecraft's powerful wide-angle camera," said Carl Murray, a Cassini imaging team scientist from Queen Mary, University of London. "I was looking at images of the region near the Saturnian moons Methone and Pallene and something caught my eye." The newly discovered moon first appeared as a very faint dot in a series of images Cassini ... more Hidden Lake Could Be Key To Helping Darfur 
London (UPI) Jul 20, 2007A huge lake hidden beneath Darfur and detected by radar from space could be the key to saving lives in the arid, war-torn region. Plans are under way to dig 1,000 wells that could provide water and help stop the region's war, The Telegraph reported Thursday. A team led by a veteran of NASA's Apollo lunar exploration program used satellite equipment to compose a picture of the 12,000-square-mile ... more Saturn Moon Iapetus Retains Its Youthful Figure 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2007Saturn's distinctive moon Iapetus is cryogenically frozen in the equivalent of its teenage years. The moon has retained the youthful figure and bulging waistline it sported more than three billion years ago, scientists report. "Iapetus spun fast, froze young, and left behind a body with lasting curves," said Julie Castillo, Cassini scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. ... more Moonshine Can Reflect Lunar Composition 
Phoenix (UPI) Jul 18, 2007U.S. scientists determined that they can predict concentrations of certain minerals on the moon by comparing variations in reflected light. Samples of lunar rocks returned by U.S. astronauts show large variations in titanium oxide concentrations, suggesting complex compositional zonation within the lunar mantle. M.S. Robinson of Arizona State University and colleagues, noting ilminite has ... more NASA Awards Upper Stage Engine Contract For Ares Rockets 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2007NASA has signed a $1.2 billion contract with Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Inc., of Canoga Park, Calif., for design, development, testing and evaluation of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. The contract includes ground and test flight engines. It continues work that began on June 2, 2006, under a preliminary letter contract with Pratt and W ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 10, 2007Scientists on NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn now have a better understanding of why the odd moon Hyperion has such an unusual appearance. The crucial factor in creating the strange, sponge-like appearance of Hyperion appears to be its extremely low density, say Cassini scientists in a research paper being published in the July 5 issue of the journal Nature. The researchers examined Cassini sp ... more Summer Moon Illusion 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 29, 2007On Saturday night, June 30th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant moon rising in the east. It looks like Earth's moon with the usual craters and seas, but something's wrong. This full moon is strangely inflated. It's huge! You've just experienced the Moon Illusion. Sky watchers have known for thousands of years that low-hanging moons look unnaturally big. Cameras don't see ... more NASA Selects Reynolds To Design Emergency Egress System For Orion Astronauts 
Jacksonville FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2007Reynolds, Smith and Hills, a leading facilities and infrastructure consulting firms whose client-centered program structure provides value-added solutions to clients around the world, announced it has been selected by NASA to design the Emergency Egress System for Orion, the next generation space exploration vehicle that is expected to launch in 2014. The new escape system will allow astronauts ... more Thinking Big About Space Telescopes 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2007How big? Consider the following: Ares V will be able to place almost 130,000 kg (284,000 lbs; 8% more than the Saturn V rocket of the 1960s) into low Earth orbit. Designed to deliver cargo to the Moon, the rocket would be large enough to carry primary mirrors 8+ meters wide. For comparison, Hubble's mirror measures 2.4 m. "How does a typical astrophysicist work?" Stahl asks. ... more |
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Paris (AFP) June 20, 2007Desolate, airless and with no people around for hundreds of thousands of kilometers (miles), the Moon is a great place -- for astronomers, that is. Skywatchers have an enduring hope of one day building a lunar observatory, where gleamings from the earliest stars can be snared without the curse of man-made light pollution and Earth's atmospheric distortion. But making telescopic mirrors ... more China To Increase Payload Capacity Of Carrier Rockets 
Beijing (Xinhua) Jun 19, 2007China plans to develop a new generation of carrier rockets with an increased payload capacity in order to advance its lunar exploration program, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The payload capacity of China's Long March series of carrier rockets will be increased from its current weight of 9.5 tons to 25 tons, an official with the corporation said. ... more Japan To Launch Lunar Orbiter On August 16 
Tokyo (AFP) June 13, 2007Japan will launch a lunar orbiter on August 16 to collect data for research of the moon's origin and evolution, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Wednesday. The probe will consist of a main unit, which will circulate 100 kilometres (60 miles) above the moon, and two small satellites, the agency said. It will be launched from the Space Centre on the isle of Tanegashima off the southern ... more Vignette Helps NASA Make Giant Leap To The Moon And Beyond 
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Vignette's Next-Generation Web solutions are helping NASA engineers and scientists connect and share information online, as the federal agency designs its next generation of space vehicles for the Constellation Program. The Constellation Program is responsible for developing crew exploration and launch vehicles that will send humans back to the moon and then to Mars. ... more
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