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Japan postpones lunar mission launch
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2007Bad weather has forced Japan to postpone the launch of a lunar orbiter that aims to collect data for research on the moon's origin and evolution, the country's space exploration agency said Tuesday. The launch from the Space Centre on the small island of Tanegashima off the southern tip of Kyushu island has been delayed by one day until 10:31 am (0131 GMT) on Friday, said a spokeswoman for ... more More Teachers Get A Lesson In Weightlessness 
New York NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2007The Northrop Grumman Foundation launched 57 teachers from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania into weightlessness today as part of the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program. The goal: To inspire and prepare the next generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers -- critical areas where the U.S. has fallen behind globally. The teachers performed a ... more Cassini Prepares To Fly by Walnut-Shaped Moon 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2007Cassini will make its only close flyby of Saturn's odd, two-toned, walnut-shaped moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, at about 1,640 kilometers (1,000 miles) from the surface. This flyby will be 100 times closer than Cassini's 2004 encounter, and will be the last time the spacecraft will aim its instruments at this moon. "Iapetus spun fast, froze young, and left behind a body with lasting ... more Europe That Much Smarter On Luna One Year On 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 03, 2007A year ago, as Europe reached the Moon for the first time, scientists on Earth eagerly watched SMART-1's spectacular impact. New results from the impact analysis and from the instruments still keep coming. One year on, we present ongoing scientific highlights of the mission. The analysis of data and simulations of the satellite's impact provide clues on the dynamics of the ejecta after the ... more NASA's Troubled Future 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2007Some in the aerospace community believe that unless NASA sends astronauts back to the Moon and conducts extensive exploration, it is in danger of disappearing as a government agency. What is the basis for this fear? The last time astronauts began a mission to the Moon was December 7, 1972. Until the Clementine lunar mission in 1994, a leftover spacecraft from a DOD program, robotic ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 28, 2007Most people appreciate lunar eclipses for their silent midnight beauty. NASA astronomer Bill Cooke is different: he loves the explosions. On Tuesday morning, Aug. 28th, Earth's shadow will settle across the Moon for a 90-minute total eclipse. In the midst of the lunar darkness, Cooke hopes to record some flashes of light--explosions caused by meteoroids crashing into the Moon and blasting themselves ... more SpaceDev To Build Lunar Lander Prototype
Poway CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2007SpaceDev reports that it has been awarded a contract to develop a prototype lunar lander vehicle for the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA). Since 2003, SpaceDev has performed four design and feasibility studies addressing various aspects of the ILO. The ILO will be a spacecraft to conduct optical and radio astronomy from the surface of the Moon, and potentially engage in ... more Drawing A Living On Lunar 
Hampton VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2007A new NASA contest encourages university art and design students to partner with science and engineering departments to create art representative of living and working on the moon. The goal is for students in the arts, science and engineering to collaboratively engage in NASA's mission to return humans to the moon by 2020, and eventually journey on to Mars and other destinations in the solar system ... more Astronomers Get First Edge On Look At Uranuian Ring System 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2007As the rings of Uranus swing edge-on to Earth - a short-lived view we get only once every 42 years - astronomers observing the event are getting an unprecedented, glare-free view of the rings and the fine dust that permeates them. The rings were discovered in 1977, so this is the first opportunity astronomers have had to observe a Uranus ring crossing and perhaps to discover a new moon or two ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Aug 23, 2007Owing to SMART-1's high resolution and favourable illumination conditions during the satellite's scientific operations, data from Europe's lunar orbiter is helping put together a story linking geological and volcanic activity on the Moon. The combination of high-resolution data from SMART-1's AMIE micro-camera and data from the US Clementine mission is helping scientists determine the tectonics ... more Mission To Moon Not A Race With Others 
Beijing (SPX) Aug 20, 2007China's lunar probe program has no purpose other than scientific achievement, and it is not competing with any other country, a senior official said on Thursday. Japan's adjustment of its lunar launch date will not influence China's launch plan, Hao Xifan, deputy director of the Lunar Exploration Center of the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, said in an online ... more Suitcase Science On The Moon 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 20, 2007In October 1963, two cartographers with the Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center saw a strange glow on the moon. Using the 24-inch refractor telescope at Lowell observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, James Greenacre and Edward Barr saw a deep, ruby-red glow coming from the crater Aristarchus. The sighting might have been glowing gas from volcanic activity, and a second sighting in Nov ... more Frigid Enceladus: An Unlikely Harbor For Life 
Champaign IL (SPX) Aug 17, 2007A new model of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may quell hopes of finding life there. Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the model explains the most salient observations on Enceladus without requiring the presence of liquid water. Orbiting Saturn since June 30, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has revealed a south polar region of Enceladus with an elaborate arrangement of frac ... more
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