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NASA Tests Rover Concepts In Arizona
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 27, 2008NASA's newest lunar rover prototype has now gone farther than it ever has before. A collection of engineers, astronauts and geologists have spent the past week testing out the Small Pressurized Rover in the 11th annual Desert RATS - or Research and Technology Studies -- field tests. Two teams of one astronaut and one geologist each have been driving the rover through the Arizona desert ... more NASA Scientists Want ISRO Jobs 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 27, 2008Several NASA scientists - of Indian origin as well as foreigners - are knocking the door of Indian Space Research Organisation looking for opportunities to work in future 'desi' space missions following the success of Chandrayaan-I launch, a senior ISRO official said on Saturday. Project Director of Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar mission, Mayilsamy Annadurai says he definitely ... more Chandrayaan-1 Enters Deep Space 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 27, 2008Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has entered deep space after crossing the 150,000 km (one and a half lakh km) distance mark from the Earth. This happened after the successful completion of the spacecraft's third orbit raising manoeuvre. During this manoeuvre which was initiated at 07:08 IST, the spacecraft's 440 Newton liquid engine was fired for about nine and a half minutes. With this, Chandray ... more NASA's Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum Test 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2008NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space. The spacecraft, built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been lifted into a four-story thermal vacuum chamber there for a test that will last approximately five weeks. Once sealed in the chamber, the satellite will undergo a s ... more Chandrayaan's Orbit Raised 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 24, 2008A day after its flawless launch, India's Chandrayaan-1 steadily made its journey to the moon after the first orbit-raising manoeuvre of the lunar spacecraft was today successfully performed by scientists. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the satellite's health was normal and it was on the right track. In the first of the five orbit raising manoeuvres, today's operation ... more |
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Washington DC (PTI) Oct 23, 2008The successful launch of the India's maiden mission to moon Chandrayan-I is "just the beginning" of the opening up of a new frontier of cooperation between the US and India on a wide range of sectors, the United States India Business Council (USIBC) said. "It is an extraordinary moment in history. We have an India of 1.3bn people looking to the heavens and now exploring the frontiers of ... more ISRO Eyes Manned Moon Mission By 2015 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Oct 23, 2008Keeping the more expensive manned lunar missions in its radar, the country's top space agency is planning to send two Indians to the Moon by 2015 in a purely indigenous effort. And Indian Space Research Organisation's(ISRO) ambitious plans does not end there for it has just started technical capability as well as mission planning for a Mars mission saying the red planet was the "next ... more Chandrayaan-I To Help Generate Comprehensive Moon Maps 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Oct 23, 2008Scientists world over have detailed maps of Mars but not of the moon. Chandrayaan-I, India's maiden moon mission, is carrying 11 instruments which will help prepare comprehensive maps of the earth's only natural satellite -- the moon. The maps could be of immense help when Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and other space agencies plan to land spacecraft on the lunar surface or ... more Chandrayaan-1 Launched - Next Stop: The Moon 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 23, 2008Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched earlier this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota, India. The PSLV-C11 rocket, an upgraded version of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO' s) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, lifted off at 02:52 Central European Summer Time (CEST) and, about 20 minutes later, injected the ... more |
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Huntsville Al (SPX) Oct 20, 2008Dr. Houssam Toutanji, a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, has published an article that will demonstrate a concept of creating concrete structures on the lunar surface without the use of water. His article, entitled "Unconventional Approach," has been published this month in Civil Engineering magazine. Traditional concrete comprises a binder - cement and water ... more Countdown For India's First Moon Mission Begins Tomorrow
Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 20, 2008The 52-hour countdown for Chandrayaan-1 -- India's first unmanned moon mission -- will begin at Sriharikota spaceport early on Monday for Wednesday's historic launch. The integrated launch vehicle has already been moved into the second launch pad (umbilical tower) and launch rehearsals are underway, sources in India Space Research Organisation at Bangalore said. "All the preparatory ... more HiRISE Camera Reveals Rare Polar Martian Impact Craters 
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Oct 20, 2008An odd, solitary hill rising part-way down an eroding slope in Mars' north polar layered terrain may be the remnant of a buried impact crater, suggests a University of Arizona planetary scientist who studied the feature in a new, detailed image from the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. HiRISE, or the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, headed by Alfred ... more Lunar Lander Teams To Compete For NASA Prize 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2008Nine teams with rocket-powered vehicles will compete for $2 million in NASA prize money during the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Oct. 24-25, at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico. Teams must fly their vehicle, simulating a takeoff and landing on the moon, and repeat the task in a limited period of time. The competition provides a demanding test of navigation ... more
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