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Brown-Led Team Finds Evidence Of Water In Lunar Interior
Providence RI (SPX) Jul 10, 2008A Brown University-led research team has for the first time discovered evidence of water that came from deep within the Moon, a revelation that strongly suggests water has been a part of the Moon since its early existence -- and perhaps ever since it was created by a cataclysmic collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized object about 4.5 billion years ago. ... more A Telescope Made Of Moondust 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 10, 2008A gigantic telescope on the Moon has been a dream of astronomers since the dawn of the space age. A lunar telescope the same size as Hubble (2.4 meters across) would be a major astronomical research tool. One as big as the largest telescope on Earth-10.4 meters across-would see far more than any Earth-based telescope because the Moon has no atmosphere. But why stop there? In the Moon's ... more China Almost Done With Map Of Moon Surface 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2008China had collected all the data needed to draw its first full map of the moon surface and was almost done with the mapping work, Sun Jiadong, the chief designer of the country's Chang'e -1 lunar probe has said. The lunar probe, launched on October 24 last year, was running sound and well, Sun was quoted as saying by Sunday's Beijing News. China published its first picture of the moo ... more 30 Years Since Charon Reveals Pluto To Be A Binary Planet System 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 07, 2008This week the New Horizons mission team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto's largest and first moon, Charon, by U.S. Naval Observatory astronomers James Christy and Robert Harrington. Charon, whose discovery was officially announced on July 7, 1978, orbits nearly 11,390 miles (about 18,220 kilometers) from Pluto's surface and has a diameter of about 750 miles (1,210 ... more Eight Teams Taking Up ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 03, 2008As interest in exploration of the Moon soars among the world's space agencies, ESA, through it's General Studies Programme, has challenged university students to develop a robotic vehicle that is capable of working in difficult terrain, comparable to that found at the lunar poles. Eight university teams have been selected to proceed to the design stage of ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge. ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Jun 25, 2008NASA engineers and scientists completed a milestone review June 20 that will help determine the systems needed to return humans to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. The three-day Lunar Capability Concept Review capped a nine-month study led by the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington that incorporated science and exploration objectives earlier ... more Apollo Relic Reveals Its Secrets 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 24, 2008Imagine landing on the Moon, climbing down the ladder of your spacecraft, and looking around the harsh lunar landscape-to see another, older spacecraft standing only 200 yards away. That's exactly what happened in November 1969, when astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean stepped out of the Apollo 12 lunar module. There, within walking distance on the edge of a small crater, stood Surveyor 3 ... more 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 |
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Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2008NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International, for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system. The spacesuit will protect astronauts during Constellation Program voyages to the International Space Station and, by 2020, the surface of the moon. The subcontractors to Oceaneering are Air-Lock Inc. of Milford, Conn., David Clark Co. of Worcester, Mass., Cimarro ... more Scientists Pioneer Method For Making Giant Lunar Telescopes 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 09, 2008Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a little bit of carbon, throw in some epoxy, and add lots of lunar dust. "We could make huge telescopes on the moon relatively easily, and avoid the large expense of transporting ... more NASA Seeks Proposals For Lunar Science Research 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2008NASA is looking for the right stuff to further scientific knowledge about the moon. NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in cooperation with the agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, recently issued a Cooperative Agreement Notice seeking research projects for the NASA Lunar Science Institute. The institute is located at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. ... more Researchers To Upgrade Safety And Performance Of Rocket Fuel 
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
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