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NASA Goddard To Investigate The Stormy Moon
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2009NASA's Lunar Science Institute selected a proposal to investigate the sun's influence on the moon submitted by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The basic science research supports NASA's human exploration of the moon. "Many people think of the moon as dead, but if you look with a different pair of glasses - at the atomic level - it is very active," said Dr. William Farr ... more USRA Selects Awardees For LCROSS Observation Campaign 
Columbia MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2009The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is proud to announce the selection for funding of four proposals for scientific activities to be carried out under the LCROSS Observation Campaign. The Observation Campaign is part of the NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) project which is designed to verify the presence or absence of water ice on the Moon. Sche ... more Cosmochemists Share Results Of Cometary Dust Analysis 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 28, 2009University cosmochemists Lawrence Grossman and Steven Simon have studied scores of meteorites during their careers, with a few Apollo lunar samples thrown in for good measure. But until 2006, they had never before examined a verified sample of a comet. Much to their surprise, what they found looked a lot like components of some of the meteorites in their research collection. "The thi ... more Rocketdyne Lunar Lander Test Engine Validates Capabilities 
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Jan 27, 2009Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE) has successfully demonstrated critical capabilities required for NASA's Altair lunar lander. The engine performed with stable operation at the widest throttle range of any known high performance cryogenic engine in December during its third series of ground tests at the company's West Palm Beach, Fla., test facility. ... more Space Program Still Vital 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2009In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy told Congress we'd put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, he knew that the journey of discovery would yield more value than simply beating the Russians to the moon. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth," were the ... more |
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Chennai, India (SPX) Jan 21, 2009Following the footsteps of former President and scientist A P J Abdul Kalam, Mayilsami Annadurai, director of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on Sunday interacted with school students on various aspects of space science, importance of space programmes and ambitions. He addressed the CBSE and State Board students separately at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and Madras Christian Highe ... more The Moon Still Beckons 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 20, 2009Like 50 years ago, the Moon continues to attract the world's leading space agencies. In 2009, an impatient NASA will move to reinstate its Saturn V moon-rocket launch facility in order to repeat the triumphant July 1969 lunar landing. Objectively speaking, the Soviet Union was the first country to launch an automated probe called Mechta (Dream) on January 2, 1959. The probe flew 6,000 km ... more NASA and the Inaugural Parade 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2009The crew of STS-126 join representatives from across the country and the nation's armed forces in the 56th Inaugural Parade. The NASA contingent will include a next-generation lunar rover that astronauts could use for future exploration of the moon. Astronaut Mike Gernhardt will drive the rover; while Astronaut Rex Walheim, wearing a spacesuit, will ride with him. The Lunar Electric Rover ... more Chandrayaan Gives First Glimpse Of Darkest Craters On Moon 
New York NY (PTI) Jan 20, 2009India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, is providing scientists with the first look inside the moon's coldest and darkest craters, US space agency NASA has said. The NASA radar on board the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has sent back its first images which "show the floors of permanently-shadowed polar craters on the moon that aren't visible from Earth," NASA said in a press ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2009A technology development engine that may help NASA safely return astronauts to the lunar surface has successfully completed its third round of testing. The goal of these tests is to reduce risk and advance technology for a reliable and robust rocket engine that could enable America's next moon landing. The tests by Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne in West Palm Beach, Fla., helped gather data ... more Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2009In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big. "The bigger the better," says astronomer Harley Thronson, who leads advanced concept studies in astronomy at the Goddard Space Flight Center. And he thinks "NASA's new Ares V rocket is going to completely change the rules of the game." Ares V is the rocket ... more MIT Scientists To Be Key Lunar Institute Members
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2009MIT faculty and students will play substantial roles on two of the seven teams that NASA selected to be part of its virtual Lunar Science Institute, aimed at addressing key questions about lunar science in preparation for the resumption of human visits to the moon about a decade from now. The seven teams were unveiled by NASA on Friday, Jan. 9. One of the selected teams, called "The Moon ... more Catalina Sets New Record For NEO Discoveries 
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2009The University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey has been awarded a $3.16 million NASA grant to continue its search for near-Earth objects, or NEOs, through 2012. Under the direction of Stephen M. Larson of the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, the survey, known as CSS, has discovered about 70 percent of all NEOs found in the past three years. CSS tallied 565 NEO discoveries in 200 ... more
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