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Chandrayan Provides Pictures Of Lunar Surface
Raipur, India (PTI) Jan 13, 2009Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said the success of Chandrayan-1 mission has enabled the scientific community in the country to get complete picture of moon's surface and that too an extent of five metre resolution. "Though several moon missions were there in the past, no mission had provided pictures and data about the entire surface of the moo ... more Battle Of The Launches All Over Again 
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 14, 2009Here we go again! Everyone wants change. So, why not change our minds about how NASA gets to the International Space Station (ISS), the moon and beyond. Second guessing is the national pastime in Washington, DC. Not only do we second guess NASA decisions, but we do it often, we do it early and we do it late. It is a whole of career thing. In fact, there are some who make it a career. They ... more Turning Lunar Dust Into Gold 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2009On Hawai'i's Mauna Kea volcano, which rises over 13,000 feet above sea level, there is a mid-level base facility where scientists can pretend they are on the moon. Hawai'i's volcanic terrain, soil and remote environment provide an ideal environment for testing instruments and equipment that someday may be used by astronauts at a lunar base. Recently, a team of scientists working for the Pa ... more Sixteen Tons Of Moondust 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 13, 2009If you listen closely, you might hear a NASA project manager singing this song. Lately, Marshall Space Flight Center's Carole McLemore has been working at the end of a sledge hammer opposite a big pile of rocks, so she has good reason to sing the song Tennessee Ernie Ford made famous. "I call it 'choppin' rocks,' " says McLemore, who manages Marshall's Regolith Simulant Team." The guys kee ... more NASA Funds Lunar Dust Detector For 2012 Mission 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2009The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a $6 million grant from NASA to build a high-tech lunar dust detector for a 2011 mission to orbit the moon and conduct science investigations of the dusty lunar surface and its atmosphere. Known as the Lunar Dust Experiment, or LDEX, the instrument will be designed and built at CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. ... more |
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Shillong, India (SPX) Jan 05, 2009India is planning to hoist the tricolour on the moon by 2020, a space agency official said here Sunday, adding that the country's first manned flight into space was also on cards by 2015. K. Radhakrishnan, member of the Space Commission and director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said plans were afoot to send a two-member crew into spa ... more India Hoping To Extend Mission Life Of Chandrayaan-I 
Shillong (PTI) Jan 05, 2009Scientists can now extend the duration of India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I beyond its planned two-year period. The precise launch and lunar orbit insertion of Chandrayaan-I has given space scientists the leverage to extend the mission life of the spacecraft orbiting the moon at an altitude of 100 km. "The spacecraft has about 183 kg fuel onboard and we are looking at a two-y ... more Chandrayaan Dominates Day Two At Indian Science Congress 
Shillong, India (SPX) Jan 05, 2009Hundreds of children in Shillong watched with great enthusiasm and expectations as a film took them on a journey to the making of Chandrayaan-I here at the ongoing 96th Indian Science Congress, ISC -2009. The film was brought to them by none other than Prof. M.G.K. Menon, an emminent scientist and the Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, NEHU. The show and the interaction there after was ... more NASA Instrument On Chandrayaan Finds Minerals On Moon 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Dec 29, 2009The moon mineralogy mapper (M3), a scientific instrument of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) onboard India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1, found iron-bearing minerals on the lunar surface, the US space agency said Thursday. "The mapper spectrometer has beamed images of the Orientale Basin region of the moon, indicating abundance of iron-bearing minerals such as ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2008Raytheon has received confirmation from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization that a water-detecting sensor system on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft has been activated and is fully functional. The assurance extends Raytheon's perfect 40-year record of start-up success. Data collected during an initial checkout will be used to calibrate the sensor. ... more Moon's Polar Craters Could Be The Place To Find Lunar Ice 
Durham, UK (SPX) Dec 23, 2008Scientists have discovered where they believe would be the best place to find ice on the moon. Astrophysicists, led by an expert at Durham University, say if frozen water exists then it is most likely to be found near to the moon's poles in craters that are permanently shaded from the sun. Their findings are based on a new computer analysis of data from the Lunar Prospector, a space probe ... more Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going To The Dark Side 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 19, 2008NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon Ganymede playing a game of "peek-a-boo." In this crisp Hubble image, Ganymede is shown just before it ducks behind the giant planet. Ganymede completes an orbit around Jupiter every seven days. Because Ganymede's orbit is tilted nearly edge-on to Earth, it routinely can be seen passing in front of and ... more Altair lunar lander design plans sought 
Washington (UPI) Dec 17, 2008 U.S. space agency officials have released a draft request for design support for the Altair lunar lander vehicle, part of NASA's Constellation Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said it's Altair lunar lander will deliver four astronauts to the moon's surface late in the next decade, fulfilling U.S. space exploration goals. "The Altair Conceptual Design ... more
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