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Omega Centauri - Glittering Giant Of The Southern Skies
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2008Omega 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 ... more PolyU Gears Up For Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission 
Hong Kong (SPX) Dec 01, 2008The 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, 2008Planet 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, 2008After 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, 2008India 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 |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 27, 2008India's unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan is functioning normally even though there has been a rise in temperature in the moon's atmosphere, an ISRO official said on Wednesday. "It is a usual phenomena because it is summer on the moon. There is nothing to worry. It will be normal by December," Satish, ISRP spokesperson said. He said the craft's nine payloads, which have been ... more India Maps Out Manned Exploration Program 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Nov 25, 2008With 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, 2008The 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, 2008Britain 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 |
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Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 18, 2008India's unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has beamed two pictures that displays many large and small craters on the moon surface. The pictures taken by the spacecraft's Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) on November 15 over the polar region of the moon shows many large and small craters, ISRO sources said. Another picture sent by TMC has filmed the bright terrain on the lower ... more Indian Tricolour Reaches Lunar Surface 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 14, 2008In 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, 2008Michelin 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, 2008NASA 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
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