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Brown Scientist Answers How Peruvian Meteorite Made It To Earth
Providence RI (SPX) Mar 14, 2008It made news around the world: On Sept. 15, 2007, an object hurtled through the sky and crashed into the Peruvian countryside. Scientists dispatched to the site near the village of Carancas found a gaping hole in the ground. Peter Schultz, professor of geological sciences at Brown University and an expert in extraterrestrial impacts, went to Peru to learn more. For the first time, he will ... more NASA Readies Hardware For Test Of Astronaut Escape System 
Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Returning humans to the moon by 2020 may seem like a distant goal, but NASA's Constellation Program already has scheduled the first test flight toward that goal to take place in less than 12 months. The Constellation Program is developing a new space transportation system to travel beyond low Earth orbit, expanding human exploration of the solar system and extending human reach to the moon and ... more New Lunar South Polar Maps From SMART-1 
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Newly-released images of the lunar south-polar region obtained by ESA's SMART-1 are proving to be wonderful tools to zero-in on suitable study sites for potential future lunar exploration missions. SMART-1's Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment has collected many images of the lunar south-polar region, with unprecedented spatial resolution. The images, obtained over a full year of change ... more China To Use Jumbo Rocket For Delivery Of Lunar Rover, Space Station 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 13, 2008A Chinese space expert said here on Tuesday that the Long March 5 large-thrust carrier rocket, currently under development and scheduled to be put into service in 2014, will be mainly used for the delivery of lunar rovers, large satellites and space stations. "With a maximum payload capacity up to 25 tons, the jumbo rocket is expected to be able to send lunar rovers, large satellites and ... more China's Recoverable Moon Rover Expected In 2017 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 12, 2008China will have a recoverable moon rover, which will carry back lunar soil samples, by 2017 if technical research "progresses smoothly," said the chief designer of Chang'e-1, the country's first moon probe, here Tuesday. China plans to land a probe on the moon in 2013, said Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of probe's satellite system, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2008In early 2009, astronomers on Earth will point telescopes at the moon looking for water -- and NASA will help them find their target. This past Friday NASA experts and professional astronomers gathered at NASA's Ames Research Center for the Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Astronomer Workshop. The workshop's goal was to facilitate collaboration among experts ... more Seeing Red 
Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 29, 2008This New Horizons image of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io was taken at 13:05 Universal Time during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby on February 28, 2007. It shows the reddish color of the deposits from the giant volcanic eruption at the volcano Tvashtar, near the top of the sunlit crescent, as well as the bluish plume itself and the orange glow of the hot lava at its source. The relatively ... more NASA shows off a moon robot 
Denver (UPI) Feb 27, 2008 The U.S. space agency is exhibiting a lunar robot rover equipped with a drill, designed to find water and oxygen-rich soil on the moon. The robot, designed to explore the moon's craters, is being demonstrated in Denver this week during the third Space Exploration Conference. The rover must operate in continual darkness in extremely cold conditions with little power, NASA said, no ... more Northrop Grumman Integrating LCROSS Instruments 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Feb 29, 2008Northrop Grumman is integrating the cameras, spectrometers and photometer comprising the nine instrument payload for the NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite onto the spacecraft. LCROSS will impact the moon to determine the presence of water ice in one of its permanently shadowed craters at the lunar South Pole. NASA Ames Research Center ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2008China plans to launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, around 2009, according to a top satellite scientist. Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of China's first moon probe satellite system, revealed the plan during an interview program on CCTV, China Central Television. However, Ye did not elaborate on the plan with more details. He said Chang'e-1, the country's first lunar ... more The X PRIZE Foundation Announces Official Contenders In Private Moon Race 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2008The X PRIZE Foundation and Google have announced the first ten teams to register for the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million in prizes. This international group of teams will compete to land a privately funded robotic craft on the Moon that is capable of roaming the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the ... more Who's Orbiting The Moon 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2008The space around Earth is a busy place, as teeming with traffic as a roundabout. More than 500 active satellites are bustling about up there right now. Some are transmitting radio, television, and telephone signals; others are gathering information about Earth's atmosphere and weather; still others are helping people navigate down here; and the rest are conducting space research. Soon the ... more Get Ready For The Total Lunar Eclipse 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 20, 2008In the late night hours of Feb. 20, 2008, a total lunar eclipse will dazzle the night sky. And this lunar eclipse may be worth staying up for, because it will be the last one until December 2010. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lines up directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow over the moon's surface. The February 20, 2008 eclipse will last for nearly 3 and a half hour ... more
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