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Drizzly Mornings On Xanadu
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 12, 2007Noted for its bizarre hydrocarbon lakes and frozen methane clouds, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, also appears to have widespread drizzles of methane, according to a team of astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley. New near-infrared images from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii show for the first time a nearly global cloud cover at hi ... more Cassini Pinpoints Hot Sources Of Jets On Enceladus 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2007A recent analysis of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides conclusive evidence that the jets of fine, icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus originate from the hottest spots on the moon's "tiger stripe" fractures that straddle the moon's south polar region. Members of Cassini's imaging team used two years' worth of pictures of the geologically active moon to locate the sour ... more Pluto-Bound New Horizons Sees Changes In Jupiter System 
Laurel MD (SPX) Oct 10, 2007The voyage of NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft through the Jupiter system earlier this year provided a bird's-eye view of a dynamic planet that has changed since the last close-up looks by NASA spacecraft. New Horizons passed Jupiter on Feb. 28, riding the planet's gravity to boost its speed and shave three years off its trip to Pluto. It was the eighth spacecraft to visit Jupite ... more NASA Spacecraft To Carry Russian Science Instruments 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2007NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos have agreed to fly two Russian scientific instruments on NASA spacecraft that will conduct unprecedented robotic missions to the moon and Mars. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov signed agreements in Moscow on Oct. 3 to add the instruments to two future missions: the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scheduled to ... more University Of Leicester Study Into Earth's Magnetic Shield 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2007Scientists from the University of Leicester have taken an important first step in developing an innovative telescope which could one day be deployed on the Moon. The telescope is called MagEX, which stands for "Magnetosheath Explorer in X-rays" and is an international collaboration between scientists from the United States, the Czech Republic, and the University of Leicester. MagEX will study th ... more |
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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 J-2X Powerpack Test Article Installed On Test Stand 
Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Oct 03, 2007Core components of the J-2X engine being designed for NASA's Constellation Program recently were installed on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. Tests of the components, known as Powerpack 1A, will be conducted from November 2007 through February 2008. The Powerpack 1A test article consists of a gas generator and engine turbopumps originally develop ... more |
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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 Japan plans two more moon missions 
Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 27, 2007Japan plans to carry out two more missions to the moon and then collaborate internationally to put a man on the lunar surface, a Japanese space scientist said Thursday. Asia's biggest economy this month successfully launched Kaguya (or Selene), its first lunar orbiter, stealing a march over China and India which are planning unmanned missions of their own to the moon. Japan's next missio ... more
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