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Japan's lunar probe enters orbit as space race heats up
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 5, 2007Japan said Friday it had successfully put its first lunar probe into the moon's orbit, stealing a march over China and India as an Asian space race heats up. The Kaguya probe, named after a fairytale princess, is on the most extensive mission to investigate the moon since the US Apollo human spaceflight programme in the 1960s and 1970s, according to Japan's space agency. After it blasted ... more Goddard Lunar Science On A Roll 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2007Pack your bags because Goddard's "suitcase science" is taking off. Coming on the heels of two Lunar Sortie Science Opportunities (LSSO) awards for Goddard are two more, this time in the field of astrophysics. As before, the awards are funded by NASA Headquarters for studies that could result in simple, automated "suitcase science" instrument packages deployed on the lunar surface by astronauts. ... more Suntech Targets 100MW Of Sales To The US In 2008 Due To Robust Demand 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2007Suntech Power Holdings welcomed over 200 customers, partners and industry colleagues to a celebration of Moon Festival Night on Tuesday, September 25 at the Solar Power 2007 Conference and Expo in Long Beach, California which is North America's largest solar energy event. The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a popular Chinese celebration of abundance and togetherness, fir ... more China's Lunar Satellite Launch Open To Tourists 
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 04, 2007Tourists are being invited to pay 800 yuan (105 U.S. dollars) to witness the launch of China's first lunar satellite in Xichang, southwest Sichuan province. A travel agency in Xichang, where one of China's major satellite launch sites is located, has designed special travel packages for tourists wishing to view the historic launch. "Tourists will have to pay 800 yuan to witness the launch from t ... more Titan's Icy Climate Mimics Earth's Tropics 
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 04, 2007If space travelers ever visit Saturn's largest moon, they will find a tropical world where temperatures plunge to minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, methane rains from the sky and dunes of ice or tar cover the planet's most arid regions. These conditions reflect a cold mirror image of Earth's tropical climate, according to scientists at the University of Chicago. "You have all these things that are a ... more |
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2007Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully taken high definition moving images through the KAGUYA (SELENE) for the first time. The KAGUYA is a lunar explorer launched on September 14 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The images were taken by the KAGUYA's onboard High Definition Television (HDTV), which was deve ... more Asia could win next 'Space Race', US scientists fear 
Pasadena, California (AFP) Sept 30, 2007Fifty years after the launch of Sputnik left the United States scrambling to play catch-up in the first Space Race, US scientists fear history may be repeating itself as Asia emerges as the rising force in space exploration. While the achievements of space programs run by China, Japan and India are modest in comparison to the milestones set by the United States and former Soviet Union, exper ... more Kennedy Prepares To Host Constellation Launch Vehicle 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 01, 2007The Ares rockets that will take over for the space shuttle and carry humans to the moon are closer to lifting off from the drawing board. Designs and modifications are under way at Launch Pad 39B, the Launch Control Center and the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to accommodate the first test flight of an Ares I rocket in April 2009. At the same time, workers i ... more India And Russia Discuss Space Cooperation 
Hyderabad India (PTI) Sep 28, 2007India and Russia held discussions here on possibility of cooperation in space exploration, including missions to the moon and Mars. General Anatoly Perminov, Head of the Federal Space Agency, Russia met Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair on the sidelines of the 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here. "Discussions are on for possible cooperation with ... more |
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Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 25, 2007Asian giants Japan, China and India are engaged in a race to map lunar resources and make the moon a platform to explore planets beyond, amid a renewed burst of global space activity. Japan flagged off the Asian lunar race on September 14 when it successfully launched its first lunar orbiter. China plans to launch its own moon probe before the end of the year, followed by India in the first ... more NASA, NSBRI Select 17 Proposals In Space Radiation Research 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2007The crews of future missions to the moon and Mars could face serious health risks from exposure to space radiation. NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, known as NSBRI, Houston, will fund 17 new research projects that will enable NASA to better understand and reduce those risks. Scientists at universities, research institutions and private companies in eight states will c ... more Outside View: China shoots for the moon 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 24, 2007 On Sept. 17, international reports confirmed the seriousness of Beijing's intention to put its own spacecraft in a lunar orbit before the end of this year. Although for the leading space players -- Russia and the United States -- planned expeditions are quite natural if not always justified, China's lunar ambition, and indeed the country's entire space effort, fills one with wonder at s ... more NASA Maps The Moon With Google 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007New higher resolution lunar imagery and maps including NASA multimedia content now are available on the Google Moon Web site. Updates include new content from the Apollo missions, including dozens of embedded panoramic images, links to audio clips and videos, and descriptions of the astronauts' activities during the missions. The new content is overlaid on updated, higher-resolution lunar maps. ... more
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