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Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2008Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11. Cassini will zoom past the tiny moon a mere 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the surface. Just after closest approach, all of the spacecraft's cameras -- covering infrared wavelengths, where temperatures are mapped, as well as visible ... more India Postpones First Lunar Mission Until Mid-October 
New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Aug 08, 2008The launch of India's first unmanned mission to the Moon has been postponed until the middle of October, the head of the Indian space program has said. The launch of the Chandrayaan I lunar orbiter by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was originally planned for September 19 but scientists have yet to conduct the thermo-vacuum testing of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) ... more Cracking The Question Of Extraterrestrial Life 
Moscow ID (SPX) Aug 08, 2008With average temperatures of minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, an almost nonexistent atmosphere and a complex web of cracks in a layer of ice encompassing the entire surface, the environment on Jupiter's moon Europa is about as alien as they come. So are the enormous forces behind the surface display, namely an ocean beneath the ice nine times deeper than Earth's deepest ocean trench and ... more Indian Moon Mission Likely In October 
Chennai, India (PTI) Aug 07, 2008India's "ambitious" unmanned lunar mission 'Chandrayan' is likely to soar into the skies in October second week, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair said on Wednesday. "The satellite integration is almost complete. And we would be entering the thermovac in about a week's time. It takes about 45-50 days for the launch after thermovac, after which we would declare the ... more Inspire Interns Help Design Next-Gen Space Fleet 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 05, 2008When high school and college students around the country are toiling back in the classroom over those "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essays in coming weeks, some will have unique stories to share. For instead of tanning at the beach or holding down traditional summer jobs, they've spent two months conducting cutting-edge research and working to send American astronauts to the moon and beyond. ... more |
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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 Mars Express Acquires Sharpest Images Of Martian Moon Phobos 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 31, 2008Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon. The ESA spacecraft's fly-bys of the moon have returned its most detailed full-disc images ever, also in 3-D, using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board. Phobos is what scientists call a 'small irregular body'. Measuring 27 km � 22 km � 19 km, it is on ... more |
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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 Exploring The Moon With GPS 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 28, 2008The same Ohio State University researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon. When NASA returns to the moon -- the space agency has set a target date of 2020 to do so -- astronauts won't be able to use a global positioning system (GPS) to find their way around, explained Ron Li, the Lowber B. Strange Designated Professor of ... more
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