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China Reveals Its First Full Map Of Moon Surface
Beijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2008Chinese scientists revealed the country's first full map of the moon's surface on Wednesday, more than a year after the launch of its first lunar probe, Chang'e-1. The picture of the moon surface, unveiled on Wednesday, covered the complete range of areas on the moon surface, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, which is in charge ... more China To Launch Second Lunar Probe Before End Of 2011 
Beijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2008China will launch a second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, before the end of 2011, an official said on Wednesday, while announcing the start of the second stage of the country's moon mission. Chang'e-2, part of the second phase of the Lunar Probe Project, will conduct experiments involving five core technologies such as orbital adjustments and soft landings, according to Chen Qiufa, director of ... more First Lunar Orbit Reduction Manoeuvre Of Chandrayaan-1 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 11, 2008The first orbit reduction manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft which is orbiting the moon, was successfully performed yesterday (November 9, 2008) night. As part of that manoeuvre which began at 20:03 IST, the 440 Newton liquid engine of the spacecraft was fired for about 57 seconds. With this, the nearest point of Chandrayaan-1's orbit (periselene) from the moon's surface was reduced ... more India's spacecraft enters lunar orbit: officials 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Nov 8, 2008India's first unmanned spacecraft entered lunar orbit Saturday, 18 days after an Indian-built rocket transported it into outer space, officials here announced. "The motor on board Chandrayaan-1 was fired at 5:15 pm (1145 GMT) for 805 seconds, which successfully put the spacecraft into lunar orbit," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Director S. Satish announced. "This was an ... more Chandrayaan-1 Enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 05, 2008India's first unmanned moon spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1 has entered the lunar transfer trajectory and is heading to an apogee of 3,80,000 KM as ISRO scientists today carried the fifth and final orbit-raising manoeuvre. "Chandrayaan-1 has entered the lunar transfer trajectory and is heading to an apogee of 3,80,000 KM, expected to happen on Saturday evening, the time at which the lunar orbit ... more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 04, 2008The personal story of the first person to land a craft on the moon and to step on its surface will live forever - in the Purdue University Libraries. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong will give his alma mater personal papers that will serve as historic archives and scholarly resources, university President France A. Cordova announced during an event in the Purdue Memorial Union prior to the ... more More Jets On Enceladus 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2008I'm very happy to report that we've just put one more major milestone in this remarkable adventure successfully behind us. Another bold dip over the south pole of Enceladus and another skillful setup for imaging the moon 'on the fly' have brought us another bounty of positively glorious views of one of the most fabulous places in the solar system. On this run, we have captured, by ... more Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA 
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon. While it has historically been the US space exploration agency dishing out work to private contractors, Odyssey Moon said Thursday that it has contracted NASA as part of its mission to turn lunar travel into a money-making business. ... more India's Lunar Probe Sends Its First Pictures From Space 
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Nov 03, 2008India has received the first space photographs from its unmanned spacecraft on a mission to the Moon, the Indian Space Research Organization said on Saturday. Chandrayaan-1 was launched into space by the Indian-built PSLV-C11 rocket on October 22, and is set to enter the Moon's orbit on November 8. Chandrayaan means "Moon Craft" in ancient Sanskrit. On-board cameras took pictures of ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2008Following on the heels of the spectacularly successful 'skeet shoot' maneuver on August 11, Cassini will use the same technique to obtain high resolution images of the south polar region of Enceladus as it flies within 171 km of the icy moon on October 31. Earlier this month on October 9, Cassini came within 25 km (15 miles) of the surface and then flew through the icy plumes emanating ... more Titan Is Electric 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2008Many scientists believe that precursor molecules for life are more likely to form on planets or satellites where electrical storms occur in the atmosphere. Physicists at the University of Granada and the University of Valencia (Spain) have been analyzing data sent by the Huygens probe from Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and have proved "in an unequivocal way" that there is natural elec ... more ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 28, 2008The Teide volcanic peak on the island of Tenerife acted as a mock-up of the Moon landscape last week, with eight European student teams tuning, testing and driving their lunar rovers in preparation for a robotics competition that took place during the dark nights of last weekend. Roving on the Moon is not easy. Lunar robotic explorers have to travel in a vacuum, over rough and steep terrai ... more 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
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