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KAGUYA (SELENE) Observations Using The Spectral Profiler
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2007The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) verified the Spectral Profiler (SP) onboard the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) orbiting approximately 100 km above the lunar surface, through initial observations on November 3, 2007, and subsequent data analysis. The obtained data is the world's first continuous reflectance spectra of the far side of the Moon in the visible and near infrared regio ... more Soyuz-FG Carrier Rocket Puts Canadian Satellite Into Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 17, 2007Russia successfully launched Friday a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Canadian satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. The Soyuz carrier rocket with a Fregat booster put a Radarsat-2 earth remote sensing satellite into a solar-synchronized orbit with an altitude of 805 kilometers (about 500 miles) to join the previous Canadian satelli ... more India installs antennas for planned moon mission: official 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Dec 16, 2007India has installed a pair of giant antennas to monitor a planned robotic mission to the moon next year, making it one of a few nations with deep space tracking ability, officials said. The deep space network at Byalalu, 45 kilometres (30 miles) from Bangalore, will keep track of the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission and provide command support during its two-year orbit around the moon, India's sp ... more President Hu: China Joins Nations With Capability Of Deep Space Exploration 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2007Chinese President Hu Jintao said the success of the first stage of China's lunar probe program indicated the nation had joined countries with capability of deep space exploration. Hu made the remarks at a grand ceremony held Wednesday morning at the Great Hall of the People to celebrate the first-phase lunar probe project's success. He said the lunar probe was another milestone in China's space ... more China Foresees Arduous Future Tasks In Space Probe 
Beijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2007Chinese scientists have pledged to seize time to start the plan and implementation for the second-phase of China's lunar probe program at a red-carpet ceremony opened on Wednesday morning to mark the country's initial success in deep space exploration. Zhang Qingwei, Minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, said the immediate tasks faci ... more |
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Houston, TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Lockheed Martin has announced the opening of its new space Exploration Development Laboratory in a ceremony dedicating the facility to support the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Orion and Constellation Program. Orion isAmerica's next-generation human spaceflight vehicle that will transport up to six astronauts to and from the International Space Station and up to ... more ATK Test Fires Liquid Oxygen-Methane Rocket Engine In Vacuum 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Alliant Techsystems recently demonstrated a critical capability of its liquid oxygen (LOX)/Methane rocket engine by igniting it in a vacuum chamber. The successful ignition test was designed to demonstrate the viability of a LOX/Methane rocket engine for a lunar ascent mission. This test engine was designed for 3,500 lbf thrust to bracket the expected thrust range of a lunar ascent engine. ... more Lighting Up The Lunar Night With Fuel Cells 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Dec 13, 2007How do you survive in a remote, mountainous region that has no water or wind and sometimes goes without sunlight for weeks? This is not the premise for a survivalist reality show; it's a question NASA must answer before sending humans to live and work on the moon. Within the next twenty years, people again will explore the vast lunar terrain. This time, we're going to build a permanent out ... more New NASA Mission To Reveal Moon's Internal Structure And Evolution 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2007At a Monday, Dec. 10 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA's Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern announced the selection of a new mission that will peer deep inside the moon to reveal its anatomy and history. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will manage the Grail mission. The spacecraft will be built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver. The Grav ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Dec 10, 2007The China National Space Administration (CNSA) published four series of moon pictures and some data sent back by Chang'e-1, the country's first lunar orbiter, said CNSA spokesman Pei Zhaoyu on Sunday. The CNSA released the first picture of the moon captured by Chang'e-1 on Nov. 26, marking the full success of its lunar probe project. All the instruments on the Chang'e-1 are in operation no ... more Moon Race Motives Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 7, 2007 In order to explore small traps a few kilometers in diameter from the orbit of an artificial lunar satellite, it was necessary to combine the neutron detector with telescopic devices accurate enough to match measurements with crater dimensions. These measurements will yield a map of hydrogen occurrence on the Moon's surface. From school textbooks, we know that a water molecule consists ... more Whittaker And Raytheon Collaborate To Pursue Google Lunar X Prize 
San Jose CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2007Astrobotic Technology has selected Raytheon as its supplier for development of a next-generation of high-precision, propellant-efficient lunar landing technologies. On Sept. 13, 2007, Dr. William L. "Red" Whittaker, Astrobotic's Chief Technology Officer and Lunar Mission Commander declared his intention to pursue the recently announced Google Lunar X Prize. Astrobotic Technology, Inc. is t ... more Moon Race Motives Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 6, 2007 The Moon theme will continue to dominate in 2008, because space powers now regard it as a priority. The United States, India and Japan will send probes to the Moon. After the Soviet Union and the United States completed their 1960-1970 lunar programs, few flights have been made to the Earth's satellite: these were U.S. craft Clementine (1994) and Lunar Prospector (1998-1999), with Euro ... more
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