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Moon Mission Is Not Expensive, Says ISRO
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 10, 2008Dismissing suggestions that Chandrayaan-1 was an expensive mission, ISRO has said the moon odyssey will enable India to upgrade technological expertise for exploration of outer space and ultimately help in setting up a base on the earth's natural satellite. "Moon mission cost is less than Rs 400 crore, which is just ten per cent of annual budget of ISRO spread over many years," ISRO ... more Liquid Mirror Telescopes On The Moon 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 10, 2008A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon. "It's so simple," says Ermanno F. Borra, physics professor at the Optics Laboratory of Laval University in Quebec, Canada. "Isaac Newton knew that any liquid, if put into a shallow container and set spinning, naturally assumes a parabolic shape-the same ... more The Ions And Isotopes Of Enceladus 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2008NASA's Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 16 miles of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Oct. 9 and measure molecules in its space environment that could give insight into the history of the solar system. "This encounter will potentially have far-reaching implications for understanding how the solar system was formed and how it evolved," said professor Tamas Gombosi, chair of the ... more AGI And X PRIZE Foundation Partner For Moon Prize 
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2008The X PRIZE Foundation has announced that it has selected AGI, producer of analysis software for land, sea, air, and space, as an official "preferred partner" for the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Preferred partners offer discounted services to the teams competing in the $30 million international competition. The Google Lunar X PRIZE challenges privately-funded teams to safely land a robot on the ... more Cassini Plans Doubleheader Flybys Of Saturn's Geyser Moon 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2008As major league baseball readies for the World Series, NASA's Cassini team will come to bat twice this month when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's geyser moon, Enceladus. The Oct. 9 flyby is an inside pitch -- the closest flyby yet of any moon of Saturn, at only 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the surface. The Oct. 31 flyby is farther out, at 196 kilometers (122 miles). Scientists are ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2008A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student will have the opportunity to engage in NASA's return to the moon by designing equipment that will help astronauts accomplish tasks on the lunar surface. Moon explorers will need to navigate in darkness around the moon's ... more NASA's Dirty Secret: Moon Dust 
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2008The Apollo Moon missions of 1969-1972 all share a dirty secret. "The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust," says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences Institute at the University of Tennessee. Fine as flour and rough as sandpaper, Moon dust caused 'lunar hay fever,' problems with space suits, and dust storms in the crew cabin upon ... more A Lunar Dust Up Could Spell Trouble 
Madison, WI (SPX) Sep 30, 2008The Apollo Moon missions of 1969-1972 all share a dirty secret. "The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust," says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the Planetary Geosciences Institute at the University of Tennessee. Fine as flour and rough as sandpaper, Moon dust caused 'lunar hay fever,' problems with space suits, and dust storms in the crew cabin upon returning ... more X-Ray Specs Ready To Eye The Moon 
Oxon UK (SPX) Sep 29, 2008A sophisticated X-ray camera made by scientists and engineers from the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is set to launch into space on October 22nd aboard the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft - India's first mission to the Moon. This is the first time the UK and India have collaborated in space science and the two countries' space agencies will be attending the 59th ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2008What's a NASA astronaut doing "flying" a submarine around in a lake in British Columbia? Getting ready for human exploration of the moon. "That's the first question people ask," said Mike Gernhardt, an astronaut who has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. "How does exploring a lake in a submersible relate to exploring the moon in a rover?" Gernhardt is one of a half-dozen ... more It Takes A Nation To Build A Rocket 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 25, 2008If you don't follow NASA more closely than noting a space shuttle launch or space walk on the International Space Station, you may not be aware that America is building a new rocket. It's called the Ares I, and it is America's rocket that will carry humans into space for exploration missions to the moon and beyond. Together with a larger follow-on rocket, the Ares V, and a capsule ... more Moon Mission In Dec If ISRO Misses October Date 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Sep 22, 2008India's maiden moon mission could begin its space odyssey in December if it misses its earliest launch window of October 19-26, former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan has said. The cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal extends all through November which rules out the possibility of space launches, he said. Chandrayaan-I, which is being assembled at the ISRO Satellite Centre in ... more India's Moon Mission May Lift Off October 19
New Delhi, India (PTI) Sep 19, 2008Weather permitting, India's maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, may lift off Oct 19 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, scientists associated with the odyssey indicated Thursday. 'The tentative date is Oct 19,' they said in Bangalore after completing all the work on the cuboid-shaped 590 kg spacecraft that will carry 11 payloads. Meanwhile, the government Thursday approved a sequel ... more
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