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Science Channel To Broadcast Red Planet Landing Live May 25
Silver Spring MD (SPX) May 15, 2008Science Channel will broadcast live coverage of mankind's next major step in Mars exploration with MARS LIVE: THE PHOENIX LANDS premiering Sunday, May 25, 2008, from 7-9 PM (ET) and 4-6 PM (PT). Originating LIVE from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. and the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, the program will give viewers a first look at photos sent back from ... more In Search Of Continent Eight 
Golden CO (SPX) May 15, 2008The 8th Continent Project today announced its 2009 Business Plan Competition for university students. Formerly known as Lunar Ventures, the competition focuses on developing viable space-related business plans for technologies that have real-world potential. The 8th Continent Project Business Plan Competition challenges students in business, engineering and science to collaborate in ... more Astronaut Health On Moon May Depend On Good Dusting 
Houston TX (SPX) May 14, 2008Lunar dust could be more than a housekeeping issue for astronauts who visit the moon. Their good health may depend on the amount of exposure they have to the tiny particles. To prepare for a return to the moon, researchers with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute are evaluating how dust deposits in the lungs in reduced gravity in order to assess the health risk of long ... more Exploration Scientist Joins The NASA Space Race 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2008CSIRO and NASA are collaborating to develop exploration technologies currently used by the Australian minerals industry, for use on the Moon and Mars CSIRO Exploration and Mining scientist, Dr Brent McInnes - who recently worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre - says there is huge potential for US-Australian collaboration in lunar and planetary exploration technology. "My work with ... more NASA Successfully Completes First Series Of Ares Engine Tests 
Stennis MS (SPX) May 09, 2008NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020. The Ares V will carry cargo a ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2008The eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this year on Tuesday, May 6th. The best time to look, no matter where you live, is during the hours immediately before sunrise. If you can, get away from city lights; you will see more meteors from the dark countryside. 2008 should be a good year for the eta Aquarid meteors. The Moon is new, which means no lunar glare, and Earth is expected to pass ... more ULA To Launch GRAIL 
Denver CO (SPX) May 05, 2008NASA has designated the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to fly aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket. The launch will be provided under terms of a launch service agreement procured previously by NASA for this vehicle. The liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in the third quarter of 2011. Part of ... more Scientists Find Rings Of Jupiter Are Shaped In Shadow 
College Park MD (SPX) May 02, 2008Scientists from the University of Maryland and the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany appear to have solved a long-standing mystery about the cause of anomalies in Jupiter's gossamer rings. They report that a faint extension of the outermost ring beyond the orbit of Jupiter's moon Thebe, and other observed deviations from an accepted model of ring formation, result from th ... more Shanghai's Own Moon Vehicle Passes Test 
Beijing, China (XNA) Apr 28, 2008Shanghai has developed a lunar rover that it hopes to be chosen for China's first moon landing in 2013, the city government announced yesterday. The Shanghai Science and Technology Commission said the key technology of the rover has passed a technical appraisal by the government. The technology mainly covers the rover's maneuverability and detection sensors. The rover, which hasn't been gi ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2008Several instruments that will help NASA characterize the moon's surface have been installed on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The powerful equipment will bring the moon into sharper focus and reveal new insights about the celestial body nearest Earth. Engineers and technicians on the LRO Integration and Test Team work almost around the clock in a clean room at NASA's Goddard ... more KAGUYA Captures First Successful Shooting Of A Full Earth-Rise 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2008The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) successfully captured a movie of the "Full Earth-Rise"*1 using the onboard High Definition Television (HDTV) of the lunar explorer "KAGUYA " (SELENE) on April 6, 2008 (Japan Standard Time, JST, all the following dates and time are JST.) The KAGUYA is currently flying in a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 10 ... more The Moon And The Magnetotail 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Behold the full Moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of years. Nothing ever seems to happen there. Right? Wrong. NASA-supported scientists have realized that something does happen every month when the Moon gets a lashing from Earth's magnetic tail. "Earth's ... more Indian Government Actively Considering Sending Man Into Space 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Apr 18, 2008India is gearing up for the launch of its maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I later this year and government is actively considering sending a man into space, Minister of State in PMO Prithviraj Chavan said on Wednesday. Integration of 11 experiments -- five Indian and six foreign -- is proceeding satisfactorily and scientists are looking forward to a launch in the third quarter, he said replying ... more
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