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India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Hot Spot On Enceladus Causes Plumes 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2007Enceladus, the tiny satellite of Saturn, is colder than ice, but data gathered by the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan has detected a hot spot that could mean there is life in the old moon after all. In fact, for researchers of the outer planets, Enceladus is so intellectually hot, it's smokin'. The heat being generated on the moon's south pole at a hot spot is enough to eject p ... more 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 |
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2007NASA has selected The Boeing Company of Huntsville, Ala., as the prime contractor to produce, deliver and install avionics systems for the Ares I rocket that will launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle into orbit. The selection is the final major contract award for Ares I. The award resulted from a full and open competition. The Ares I launch vehicle is a key component of the Constellat ... more Brain Stem Cells Sensitive To Space Radiation 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Dec 13, 2007Measures to protect astronauts from health risks caused by space radiation will be important during extended missions to the moon or Mars, say researchers in a paper currently online in Experimental Neurology. Using a mouse model designed to reveal even slight changes in brain cell populations, scientists found radiation appeared to target a type of stem cell in an area of the brain believed to ... more Lockheed Martin Team Opens Development Laboratory For Orion And Constellation 
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 |
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Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2007The charge-coupled device (CCD) camera on Chang'e-1, China's first lunar orbiter, has started imaging probes on the dark side of the moon and captured photos of parts of this region, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Tuesday. The CNSA said that the orbiter is operating normally in terms of flying, probing, land control and communication, as well as data transmitting and p ... more NASA on target for return to the moon by 2020: officials 
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2007Despite funding uncertainty, NASA is on track to return humans to the moon by 2020 and set up a lunar outpost to serve as a springboard to explore Mars, officials said Monday. "Our job is to build towns on the moon and eventually put tire prints on Mars," NASA's Rick Gilbrech told reporters here, one year after the US space agency unveiled an ambitious plan to site a solar-powered, manned ou ... more CNSA Publishes 4 Series Of Moon Photos Taken By Chang'e-1 
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
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