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Omega Centauri - Glittering Giant Of The Southern Skies
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2008
Omega Centauri is one of the finest jewels of the southern hemisphere night sky, as ESO's latest stunning image beautifully illustrates. Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located roughly 17 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. Sparkling away at magnitude 3.7 and appearing nearly as large as the full moon on the southern night sky, Omega Centauri ... read more
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    PolyU Gears Up For Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission
    Hong Kong (SPX) Dec 01, 2008
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is working closely with the well-established Russian Space Agency in designing a state-of-the-art space tool which will be carried onboard a Russian spacecraft for the Red Planet in the 2009 Sino-Russian Space Mission - the first strategic interplanetary collaboration between China and Russia. This historical mission also marks the first ... more

    Researchers Say Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars
    Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 01, 2008
    Planet hunters searching for planets suitable for life will likely find them first around low-mass stars because it's technically easier than finding such planets around hotter, more massive stars, researchers predict. But Earth-like planets around stars smaller than our sun won't be liveable for long, according to a study led by Rory Barnes, a research associate with The University of ... more

    MIP Provided Very Good Images
    Bangalore (PTI) Dec 01, 2008
    After successfully landing the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on the lunar surface on Nov 14, ISRO has activated stereoscopic camera that has provided "very good images", ISRO Chief Madhavan Nair said Saturday. "After the landing of MIP on Moon, we have activated stereoscopic camera which has given us very good images. The pictures are already on our website and give fine details of the surface ... more

    India Can Send Manned Mission To Moon By 2020
    Ahmedabad, India (SPX) Dec 01, 2008
    India will be able to send a manned mission to moon by the year 2020 if everything goes as planned, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair has said. Nair was here to deliver the 4th lecture on leadership title 'Indian Space Mission-Recent Achievement and Challenges Ahead' at a function organised by the Ahmedabad Management Association. "Space is going to be the ... more

    Hoping For Europa
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2008
    There is an ocean beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa. Strange creatures could be swimming in these alien waters, but so far no missions have been sent there to investigate this possibility. Our closest view of Europa was provided by the Galileo spacecraft, which orbited the Jupiter system from 1995 to 2003. Now researchers are developing a new plan to study the moon with even ... more

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    India Maps Out Manned Exploration Program
    Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 25, 2008
    With the success of Chandrayaan-1, the country's first moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning a manned space mission as a first step to manned moon mission. "Sending man to moon is a very complicated mission. So, as a first step, we plan to develop an Indian spacecraft that will take astronauts across the earth and bring them back," ISRO Chairman ... more

    Chandrayaan-1 Starts Observations Of The Moon
    Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2008
    The Indian Space Research Organisation's lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the lunar south pole on 14 November. Following this, the instruments on the spacecraft are being switched on to get the science observations started. The Moon Impact Probe was dropped close to Shackleton crater, a place close to the south pole, where ice may exist in areas that are ... more

    After India's Chandrayaan-1 Its Britain's MoonLITE
    London, UK (PTI) Nov 24, 2008
    Britain is set to launch its maiden moon mission to study the phenomenon of mysterious moonquakes, weeks after India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully entered the lunar orbit. The 100-million-pound unmanned mission 'MoonLITE' would aim to understand the cause of mysterious quakes that vibrate through the lunar rock and put it into the satellite's orbit before firing a series of probe ... more

    Racers Get Ready! NASA's Great Moonbuggy Registration Begins
    Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 21, 2008
    Registration is open for NASA's 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, taking place April 3-4, 2009, in Huntsville, Ala. Each year, NASA challenges high schools and colleges across the country and the world to design and build lightweight, human-powered moonbuggies. Innovative students put their own spin on the historic lunar rovers that carried Americans across the surface of the moon during ... more

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    Indian Tricolour Reaches Lunar Surface
    Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 14, 2008
    In a historic event, the Indian space programme achieved a unique feat today (November 14, 2008) with the placing of Indian tricolour on the Moon's surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday. The modern Indian space programme was initiated in 1962 when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India. The point of MIP's impact was near the Moon's South Polar Region. ... more

    Michelin Develops Lunar Wheel For NASA Moon Rover Vehicles
    Greenville SC (SPX) Nov 17, 2008
    Michelin has developed a new lunar wheel for the next generation of NASA moon rover vehicles. The structurally supported tire and wheel assembly, made of breakthrough composite materials, was jointly developed at Michelin's European and North American research centers. This unique innovation will help Michelin meet NASA's mobility challenges for manned and un-manned moon missions planned f ... more

    NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2008
    NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of explorers as ... more

    India Rejoices Over Moon Probe Landing
    New Delhi (AFP) Nov 15, 2008
    India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface that vaulted the country into the league of space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and Japan. The TV set-sized probe, painted in the green-white-and-orange colours of the Indian flag, made a "precise-to-the-second" landing on the lunar surface late Friday after being released from the unmanned moon-orbiter ... more

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