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UK Moon Camera Ready For Blast Off
London, UK (SPX) Oct 16, 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 next week 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 UK partners will be following the progress of the launch in the early ... more Lunar Prospecting Robot To Be Field Tested On Hawaii's Mauna Kea 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 16, 2008The cool, rocky slopes of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that is Hawaii's highest mountain, will serve as a stand-in for the moon as researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, NASA and other organizations test a robot designed for lunar prospecting. During the field experiment, Nov. 1-13, the robot called Scarab will simulate a lunar mission to extract water, hydrogen ... more India Not Engaged In Space Race With China 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 13, 2008As India prepares for its first unmanned mission to the Moon next week, ISRO chief Madhavan Nair has said that New Delhi is not engaged in a space race with Beijing, stating that the priorities of the two countries are different and there is no competition. Chandrayaan-1, the country's first unmanned lunar venture, is slated for launch on October 22 and India has proposed Mars mission in ... more 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 |
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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 India to launch unmanned lunar mission this month 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Oct 6, 2008India will launch its first lunar mission on October 22 from southern India, a top official from the country's space agency said Monday. The announcement came a week after Asian rival China said it was setting its sights on a manned trip to the moon after completing a historic mission that included the country's first space walk. "We have set October 22 as the tentative date for the ... more Berndt Feuerbacher New President Of IAU 
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 |
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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 Beijing Control Center Achieves Real Time Control Of Multiple Space Missions 
Beijing (Xinhua) Sep 29, 2008As China's third manned spaceship Shenzhou-7 moved into orbit on early Friday, the country has unprecedentedly fulfilled a mission of controlling more than one space vessels in real time, namely the Shenzhou-7 and the lunar probe. It marks a major breakthrough in China's aerospace control development, said Zhu Mincai, director of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), the nerve ... more Europe All Set For Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-1 
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
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