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Ocean On Enceladus May Be Short-Lived
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008The tide may be changing for the ocean suspected under the icy shell of Enceladus. Recent research has shown that this small moon of Saturn does not produce enough heat in its present configuration to keep water from freezing down to its core. "There is no possible combination of parameters that allow for a thermally stable ocean," said James Roberts of ... more One Million Names To The Moon And Counting 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2008One million and counting! Did you say one million? That's how many names have been submitted to blast off on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. Since May 1, NASA has invited the public to join the excitement of the first mission in NASA's exploration program to return humans to the moon by 2020. LRO, which is scheduled to launch later this year, will map the lunar ... more Harris Selected For Potential New NASA Space Suit Communications System 
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Harris has been selected for a potential seven-year, $58 million contract to provide the RF communications/navigation system for the next-generation space suit supporting NASA's Constellation program. Harris is a member of the Oceaneering International, Inc. team. The primary goals of NASA's Constellation Program are to maintain an American presence in low Earth orbit, to return to the ... more Solstice Moon Illusion 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance it looks like the full Moon. It has craters and seas and the face of a man, but this "moon" is strangely inflated. It's huge! You've just experienced the Moon Illusion. ... more NASA Tests Lunar Robots And Spacesuits On Earthly Moonscape 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2008Conditions on the moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Wash., to prepare for future lunar expeditions. Teams from seven NASA centers and several universities conducted the tests from June 2-13. "The goal was to gain hands-on experience with specific technical challenges a ... more |
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Amherst, MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have received a $1 million grant from the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) to boost the safety and performance of fuel used in thousands of satellites, space vehicles, rockets and missiles. The UMass team will study the spray and combustion of gelled hypergolic propellants, formed from a fuel and an oxidizer that ignite spontaneously ... more Indonesian capital braces for tidal flood: officials 
Jakarta (AFP) June 2, 2008Indonesia's capital is putting the finishing touches on coastal defences to hold back peak tides this week that experts fear could inundate much of the city, an official said Monday. Authorities in the capital have put up barriers and repaired pumps along the city's north coast to fend off expected high tides on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Jakarta public works agency technical head Fakhrur ... more Targeting A Lunar Bulls-Eye 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2008Researchers have used Earth-based radar to examine ejecta material from the massive impact that formed the moon's Orientale impact basin. Orientale basin is located at the very edge of the moon's visible face. Previously, this crater was difficult to study because it is only partially visible to telescopes on Earth. Newly developed techniques now have been used to make high-resolution radar obse ... more NASA seeks lunar surface concept proposals 
Washington (UPI) May 29, 2008 The U.S. space agency said it's seeking ideas for its lunar surface systems concept to help it develop plans for a return to the moon by 2020. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it will hold a June 6 discussion at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington and is inviting interested institutions, industry and academia to attend and submit proposals. ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) May 27, 2008Not so long ago, anyone claiming to see flashes of light on the Moon would be viewed with deep suspicion by professional astronomers. Such reports were filed under "L"...for lunatic. Not anymore. Over the past two and a half years, NASA astronomers have observed the Moon flashing at them not just once but one hundred times. "They're explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the Moon," explai ... more Cassini Saturn Moon Maps Will Provide Guideposts For Future Explorers 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 22, 2008Like the ancient cartographers of old, scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's icy, airless moons have carefully crafted detailed maps that one day may guide future explorers across the surfaces of these remote bodies. The Cassini Imaging Team is releasing today the third in its series of atlases of Saturn's icy satellites ... this one charting the fractur ... more X PRIZE Foundation Holds Team Summit On Private Moon Race To Land A Robot 
Strasbourg, France (SPX) May 22, 2008The X PRIZE Foundation today announced four new teams in the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million in prizes, bringing the total number of registered teams to 14. 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 ... more DLR Scientists Produce An Atlas Of Saturn's Moon Dione 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2008Like the cartographers of old, scientists working with images from the Cassini spacecraft of Saturn�s icy airless moons have carefully crafted detailed maps that one day may guide future explorers across the surfaces of these remote bodies. A team of DLR scientists alongside colleagues from the Freie Universit�t Berlin has produced an atlas of Dione, a moon of Saturn released today, 20 May ... more
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