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NASA Awards Contracts For Concepts Of Lunar Surface Systems
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2008NASA's Constellation Program has selected 11 companies and one university to independently develop concepts that contribute to how astronauts will live and work on the moon. Each organization will conduct a 180-day study focused on a topic relevant to lunar surface systems. Selected organizations and topics are: + Alternative Packaging Options: Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston ... more NASA Tests Moon Imaging Spacecraft 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2008NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, also known as LRO, has completed the first round of environmental testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. These tests ensure the spacecraft is prepared for its mission to collect the highest resolution images and most comprehensive geological data set ever returned from the moon. The objective of the mission is to map the lunar ... more NASA Hosts International Meeting For Lunar Science Discussions 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon. The meeting laid the groundwork for a new generation of lunar science. Discussions, led by NASA Headquarters officials, were held at NASA's Lunar Science Institute, located at the Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. Representatives ... more NASA Lunar Science Institute Names First International Partner 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008NASA's Lunar Science Institute at Moffett Field, Calif., has announced its first international affiliate partner for conducting lunar science activities. Canada's University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, will represent the Canadian lunar science community as part of the newly established Canadian Network for Lunar Science and Exploration. "We are tremendously excited about this ... more NASA Confirms Liquid Lake On Saturn Moon 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2008NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified the presence of ethane. This makes Titan the only body in our solar system beyond Earth known to have liquid on its surface. Scientists made the discovery using data from an instrument aboard the Cassini spacecraft. The instrument ... more |
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Denver CO (SPX) Jul 29, 2008Lockheed Martin, the Space Foundation and SpaceClass have announced the launch of a strategic online education collaboration called Orion's Path. The interactive virtual classroom project will form a link between teachers, students and NASA's human space exploration program known as Constellation. Orion is the crew exploration vehicle being designed and built by NASA and its prime contract ... more Solar Eclipse Expedition 
Williamstown MA (SPX) Jul 29, 2008On Friday, August 1, 2008, the moon will pass in front of the sun, blocking the everyday solar surface. When that happens, it gets a million times darker outside, allowing the faint outer layers of the sun to be seen and studied. Scientists Jay Pasachoff and Bryce Babcock of Williams College are leading an expedition to Siberia so as to station themselves and their equipment in the path of ... more Multinational Agreement Signed To Carry Out Lunar Exploration 
Silicon Valley CA (PTI) Jul 28, 2008India, along with seven other countries, has signed a landmark agreement with the United States to carry out lunar exploration. The agreement was signed at American space agency NASA's Ames Research Centre here this week and it would be formally announced on Tuesday. Apart from India, the countries which signed the pact with the US are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and ... more Robotic Moon Excavation Teams Compete For NASA Prize 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 28, 2008NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 2008, on the campus of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The competition requires teams to build a roving excavator that can autonomously navigate, excavate, and transfer approximately 330 pounds of simulated lunar regolith, or lunar soil, into a collector bin within 30 minutes. The total ... more |
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Moffett Field, Calif. (UPI) Jul 22, 2008 Hundreds of scientists are meeting this week in California as part of the celebration of the 39th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. The Lunar Science Conference at NASA Ames Research Center, which runs through Wednesday, was designed to give scientists an opportunity to review the state of knowledge of the moon, the evolution of the solar system, effects of the lunar ... more ILO Instrument On Odyssey Moon's Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The world's first astronomical observatory bound for the Moon was announced as a joint venture between the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon Limited. A dual function ILO precursor instrument demonstrating observation and communication techniques will be part of the scientific and commercial payloads aboard Odyssey Moon's ... more NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth As An Alien World 
College Park MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2008NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the spacecraft's point of view 31 million miles away. Scientists are using the video to develop techniques to study alien worlds. "Making a video of Earth from so far away helps the search for other life-bearing planets in the Universe by giving insights into how a distant ... more Mars Express To Rendezvous With Martian Moon 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 17, 2008Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA's Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the most detailed investigations of the moon to date. The series of fly-bys will take place between 12 July and 3 August. During the second encounter, the spacecraft will fly within 273 km of the surface. ... more
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