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Psychologists Show New Ways To Deal With Health Challenges In Space
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and then on to Mars, psychologists are exploring the challenges astronauts will face on missions that will be much longer and more demanding than previous space flights. Psychologists outlined these mental health challenges Thursday at the American Psychological Association's 116th Annual Convention, and introduced a new interactive computer ... more Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008Shorty after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time, the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed only 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the surface of the tiny moon. Cassini's signal was picked up by the Deep Space Network station in Canberra, Australia, and relayed to the Cassini mission control a ... more A Flash Of Insight: LCROSS Mission Update 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 12, 2008There are places on the Moon where the sun hasn't shined for millions of years. Dark polar craters too deep for sunlight to penetrate are luna incognita, the realm of the unknown, and in their inky depths, researchers believe, may lie a treasure of great value. NASA is about to light one up. Sometime between May and August 2009, depending on launch dates, the booster stage for NASA's ... more NASA To Realign Constellation Program Milestones 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2008In a news conference Monday, NASA managers discussed how the agency will be adjusting the budget, schedule and technical performance milestones for its Constellation Program to ensure the first crewed flight of the Ares I rocket and Orion crew capsule in March 2015. The Constellation Program is developing the spacecraft and systems, including the Ares I and Ares V rockets, the Orion crew ... more Moon Mission To Give Global Footing To Indian Scientists 
Mumbai, India (PTI) Aug 08, 2008The 'Chandrayaan mission' will give Indian scientists an oppurtunity to become international players in space expedition, giving them an equal footing with their global partners, a top space scientist has said. "We must go to the moon and this is important because it gives an opportunity for Indian scientists to become international players," K Kasturirangan, Rajya sabha memeber and former ... more |
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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 China To Release 700 Hours Of Chang'e-1 Data 
Beijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2008China will release over 700 hours of data sent back by the Chang'e-1 satellite to domestic authorized users and the European Space Agency, according to the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) on Friday. As of 2 p.m. on Friday, the country's first moon probe satellite had sent back more than 700 hours of data to two ground receiving station ... more 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 |
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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 Complex Liquid Hydrocarbon World Unveiled On Saturn's Titan 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2008Until now, the Earth was considered to be the only place in the solar system where it rains and where precipitation feeds streams which eventually drain into standing bodies of water. But using the Cassini space probe, a group of researchers which includes scientists of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have now discovered a lake on Saturn's moon Titan. ... more NASA Tests Parachute For Ares Rocket 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 30, 2008NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space. The successful test is a key early milestone in development and production of the Ares I rocket, the first launch vehicle ... more
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