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Japan Maps Lunar Far Side Gravity Field
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 13, 2008Astronomers are announcing that the precise gravity field of the lunar far side and the global lunar topography map were obtained by KAGUYA spacecraft. The report is being presented by Dr. Sho Sasaki of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, in Ithaca, New York, to the 40th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. The result is ... more Chandrayaan-1 Ready For First Indian Mission To Moon 
Sriharikota, India (AFP) Oct 12, 2008India is making final preparations for its first mission to the moon, officials said over the weekend. Lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 will be launched on October 22 by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Sriharikota space centre in the country's south. "All checks on the vehicle have been completed. The vehicle is now ready to receive the satellite," T. Subba Reddy, manager ... more 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 |
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Glasgow, UK (SPX) Oct 07, 2008At their 59th Congress in Glasgow, the members of the General Assembly of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) appointed Professor Berndt Feuerbacher from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as their president. Feuerbacher is, after IAF founding president Eugene S�nger in 1951, the second German to assume the post. A core task of Prof. Feuerbacher's future work involves the ... more Chandrayaan-I Moved To Sriharikota For Launch 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 03, 2008The stage is set for India's first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-I as the spacecraft has completed all environmental tests and shifted to Sriharikota for launch on-board PSLV-C11. The PSLV-C11 was expected to be launched later this month. The environmental tests included vibration and acoustic tests, ISRO officials said. The tests were carried out at the ISRO Satellite Cen ... more NASA Challenges Students To Design Tools For Moon Rovers 
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 |
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Paris, France (ESA) Sep 29, 2008Europe is participating in a big way in the Indian Space Agency's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon, by contributing three instruments. All these instruments have now been delivered, tested and integrated with the spacecraft. The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is now at the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO's facilities in Bangalore, India. Delivery for each instrument is completed once ... more Company Launches Moon Dust Pens Website 
Palm Beach, FL (SPX) Sep 29, 2008As difficult as it is to believe, July 20, 2009 will mark the 40th Anniversary of man's greatest achievement, the Apollo 11 Lunar landing. This anniversary will be a major highlight of NASA's year long 50th Anniversary celebration. To help commemorate these events, W.I.S.E. Retail Solutions, Inc., has introduced never seen before gift packages that feature Moon Dust Pens APOLLO 11 - 40TH ... more Diving For The Moon 
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
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