September 08, 2008 24/7 News Coverage MoonDaily Advertising Kit
Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2008
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon. This is further evidence that most of the planet's small, inner moons orbit within partial or complete rings. Recent Cassini images show material, called ring arcs, extending ahead of and behind the small ... read more
Subscribe to our email newsletter for free space news
  

About UsContact Us: Australia 24/7  (61)-448-005-219 or Email
   
  • RSS FEEDS - SPACE : EARTH : WAR : ENERGY : SOLAR : GPS
  • Wind Energy For NSW South Coast
    Memory Foam Mattress Review
    Solar Energy Solutions
  • Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison
  • Previous Issues Sep 05 Sep 04 Sep 03 Sep 02 Sep 01
    Robot Scout Will Test New Lunar Landing Techniques For Future Explorers
    Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 05, 2008
    The first attempt to land humans on the moon -- Apollo 11 -- was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin saw that their ship's computer was taking them directly into a crater the size of a football field, strewn with SUV-sized boulders. They ... more

    Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit The Moon
    Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2008
    There's more than one way to watch a meteor shower. One, the old-fashioned way: Find a dark place with starry skies and count the meteors streaking overhead. Two, the new way: Find a dark place with starry skies and then completely ignore the meteors. Instead, watch the Moon. That's where the explosions are. On August 9th, a pair of amateur astronomers on opposite sides of the United ... more

    Drilling Down To Alien Oceans
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2008
    Some of the most interesting places in our solar system are also the most difficult to reach. Areas hidden under thick layers of ice such as the polar caps of Mars, Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa are prime examples. Drilling through ice on Earth is complicated enough, but on another world the task becomes almost impossible. ... more

    Tracing Tiger Stripes
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2008
    In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus. New carefully targeted pictures reveal exquisite details in the prominent south polar "tiger stripe" fractures from which the jets emanate. The images show the fractures are about 300 meters (980 feet) deep ... more

    Ares Progress Report For August
    Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 26, 2008
    The Ares Projects continues to achieve major milestones and successes as NASA develops the next generation of launch systems -- the Ares I rocket and Ares V heavy lifter -- which will take us to the moon and beyond. Read the monthly Ares Update to stay informed about the Ares launch vehicle fleet. Find up-to-date information about the hardware being built, the latest testing and a detailed ... more

      spacetravel
  • Going Looney In Space

    lunar
  • Chandrayaan-I Set For Launch Later This Year: Kasturirangan

    lunar
  • NASA Seeks Input For Commercial Lunar Communications And Navigation
  •  
    Earth News, Earth Sciences, Climate Change, Energy Technology, Environment News  
    Cracking The Question Of Alien Life
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2008
    With 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

    China's First Lunar Probe Satellite Normal After Eclipse
    Beijing (XNA) Aug 19, 2008
    China's solar-powered lunar probe satellite Chang'e 1 stood the test of a partial eclipse on Sunday as scientists altered its orbit and temporarily turning off some facilities. Based on the signals sent by the satellite after the eclipse, the Chang'e 1 was operating as expected, Monday's Beijing News quoted Liu Junze, of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), as saying. ... more

    Indian PM Aims For The Stars And The Moon
    New Delhi, India (PTI) Aug 18, 2008
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India hopes to send a spacecraft to the moon this year and called it 'an important milestone'. that India must reach soon. Speaking from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort in Delhi on Friday as a part of the country's 61st Independence Day celebrations, the Prime Minister said, "This year we hope to send an Indian spacecraft, Chandrayaan, to ... more

    Psychologists Show New Ways To Deal With Health Challenges In Space
    Boston MA (SPX) Aug 18, 2008
    As 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
  • Cassini Pinpoints Source Of Jets On Saturn's Moon Enceladus

    spacetravel
  • Psychologists Show New Ways To Deal With Health Challenges In Space

    cassini
  • Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby
  •  
    Energy News - Technology - Business - Environment  
    A Flash Of Insight: LCROSS Mission Update
    Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 12, 2008
    There 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, 2008
    In 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, 2008
    The '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

    Cassini Prepares To Swoop By Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2008
    Fractures, 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

    24/7 news coverage of Your world at War.  
      lunar
  • India Postpones First Lunar Mission Until Mid-October

    exo-life
  • Cracking The Question Of Extraterrestrial Life

    lunar
  • Indian Moon Mission Likely In October
  •  
    Previous Issues Sep 05 Sep 04 Sep 03 Sep 02 Sep 01

    The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement