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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 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 w ... more NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Tested 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 12, 2009NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor. The March 10 test paves the way for the initial ground test of the Ares I first stage later this year. Ares I is the first launch vehicle in NASA's Constellation Program family of space vehicles that will transport astronauts and cargo to the International Space Statio ... more HiRISE Camera Captures Subtle Colors of Mars' Tiny Moon Deimos 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 12, 2009The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, run from The University of Arizona, has produced new images that show subtle color differences across the smooth surface of Deimos, the smaller and outer tiny moon of Mars. The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured two images of Deimos using near-infrared, red and blue-green filters on Feb. 21, 2009. ... more China Able To Send Man To Moon Around 2020 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 12, 2009A Chinese astronautics professor said Tuesday the country is capable of sending astronauts to moon around 2020. "The key technology problem is the 'returning'", said Xu Shijie, a professor from the Beijing University of Aeronautics, explaining that the country's three-stage moon mission could be defined as "orbiting", "landing" and "returning". The third stage will last from 2017 to ... more NRL Astronomers Selected For NASA's Lunar Science Institute 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2009NASA has selected seven academic and research teams as initial members of the agency's Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers will play a substantial role on one of the teams. NRL is a leading institution supporting the "Lunar University Node for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR): Exploring the Cosmos from the Moon" team. Dr. Jack Burns at the Universit ... more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2009The rock band Pink Floyd named an album after it: 'The Dark Side of the Moon'. In reality this satellite of the Earth does not have a dark side - over the course of one month the Sun shines upon the entire surface of the Moon. The Moon is not visible from the Earth with the naked eye when it is positioned between the Earth and the Sun (new Moon), but its reverse side is fully lit. ... more Boeing Submits Proposal For Altair Lunar Lander Study Contract 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2009Boeing, through its Space Exploration division, has submitted a proposal to NASA for Altair lunar lander design support. NASA is expected to award multiple contracts this spring. The lunar lander, part of NASA's Constellation program, will launch aboard the Ares V heavy-lift rocket and provide astronauts with life support and a base for exploration missions. Altair will also return the cre ... more NASA Tests Parachute For Ares Rocket 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 03, 2009NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. The Ares I, the first launch vehicle in NASA's Constellation Program, will send explorers to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond in coming decades. The drogue parachute ... more China's Lunar Probe Chang'e-1 Impacts Moon 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 02, 2009Chang'e-1, China's first lunar probe, impacted the moon at 4:13 p.m. Beijing Time (0813 GMT) Sunday, said sources with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. The satellite ended its 16-month mission Sunday when it hit the lunar surface at 1.50 degrees south latitude and 52.36 degrees east longitude. Chang'e-1 began to reduce its speed at 3 ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 23, 2009NASA today begins testing elements of a power system that is a potential candidate to provide the energy needed to support a human outpost on the moon. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has a one-of-a-kind test facility that enables engineers to simulate the nuclear power process of heat transfer from a reactor to a power converter - without using nuclear materials. ... more Boeing Submits Proposals For Ares V Rocket Design Support 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 19, 2009Boeing has announced that its Space Exploration division has submitted proposals to NASA for the Ares V Phase 1 Design Support Contracts. Boeing submitted proposals for design support of the Ares V cargo launch vehicle's payload shroud, which will protect the Altair lunar lander during launch; the Earth-departure stage; the core stage, a liquid-fueled central booster element; and avionics ... more NASA Mission To Seek Water Ice On Moon Heads To Florida For Launch 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2009NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, is en route from Northrop Grumman's facility in Redondo Beach, Calif., to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a spring launch. The satellite's primary mission is to search for water ice on the moon in a permanently shadowed crater near one of the lunar poles. LCROSS is a low-cost, accelerated ... more ISRO To Launch A Breakthrough Satellite 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 18, 2009After its successful unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-I, Indian Space Research Organisation is poised to launch a "breakthrough" remote sensing satellite RISAT that can take pictures of earth during night and even see through clouds and fog. Bangalore-headquartered ISRO is targeting a March last week date for launching the 1,780-kg Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) along with ANUSAT ... more
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