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Moon Dust Hazard Influenced By Solar Elevation
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 20, 2009In the 1960s and 1970s, the Apollo Moon Program struggled with a minuscule, yet formidable enemy: sticky lunar dust. Four decades later, a new study reveals that forces compelling lunar dust to cling to surfaces - ruining scientific experiments and endangering astronauts' health - change during the lunar day with the elevation of the sun. The study analyzes the interactions on the Moon amo ... more NASA Goddard To Purge Rocket-Bursting Bubbles On Ares-1 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2009Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2009 Of all the things that can bring down a rocket, bubbles seem the most unlikely. They are a threat to rockets that use very cold liquid fuels, like the upper stage of NASA's new Ares 1 rocket, which will carry astronauts to the space station and join up in orbit with spacecraft carried by the larger Ares 5 rocket for missions to the moon and beyond. Bubbles ... more Indian Lunar Orbiter Sends Back Images To Establish Water Presence On Moon 
New Delhi (XNA) Apr 16, 2009A radar imaging camera on board Indian lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, has sent back some amazing images which will give scientists definite clues about the presence or absence of water on the Moon surface, according to a report by local tabloid Mail Today Friday. The camera, known as Mini- SAR, is one of the key payloads of the mission and has been developed by scientists from the United St ... more NASA Twin Spacecraft May Reveal Secret Of Lunar Origin 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2009Two identical NASA spacecraft are preparing to enter a point in the universe that may eventually answer the question of how our moon was born. The spacecraft duet, called Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or Stereo, are nearing a zone known as the Lagrangian points. At these points, the gravity of the sun and Earth combine to form gravitational wells where asteroids and space dust ... more NASA Selects Material For Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2009NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for the Orion crew module. Orion is part of the Constellation Program that is developing the country's next-generation spacecraft system for human exploration of the moon and further destinati ... more |
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Oberhausen, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2009From Thursday, 2 April 2009 the new exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System' will be open to visitors at the Oberhausen Gasometer. It shows our Solar System as a huge process of growth and decay and takes visitors on a journey into the cosmos. Spectacular reproductions of our planetary system, fascinating images of alien worlds, precious historical instruments and moder ... more Cassini Provides Virtual Flyover Of Saturn's Moon Titan 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2009"Fly me to the moon" - to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes. The new flyover maps show, for the first time, the 3-D topography and height of the 1,200-meter (4,000-foot) mountain tops, the north polar lake country, the vast dunes more than 100 meters (300 feet) high that crisscross the moon, and the ... more NASA And Microsoft To Make Universe Of Data Available To The Public 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2009NASA and Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday plans to make planetary images and data available via the Internet under a Space Act Agreement. Through this project, NASA and Microsoft jointly will develop the technology and infrastructure necessary to make the most interesting NASA content - including high-resolution scientific images and data from Mars and the moon - explorable on WorldWide T ... more NASA Moon Mission Brings Divergent Passions Together 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2009Growing up in the rural Appalachian foothills of the Ohio Valley, John Marmie developed a passion for music. When he combined that passion with his enthusiasm for space exploration, he was inspired to write an original song, 'Water on the Moon.' As the deputy project manager for the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Fiel ... more |
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Yokohama, Japan (SPX) Mar 17, 2009Representatives of ten space agencies from around the world met under the banner of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)1. They adopted for further study three scenarios for conducting internationally coordinated robotic and human exploration activities on the Moon. This was one of several results arising from a meeting held on March 10-12, 2009, in Yokohama Japan. ... more NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Tested 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 14, 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 LRO Launch Update 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 14, 2009NASA now is targeting May 20 for launch instead of April 24 after another Atlas V government launch, also on Launch Complex 41, experienced technical problems and was delayed. NASA's Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS arrived at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla., near Kennedy Space Center, on Feb. 19. It is now undergoing checkout and prelaunch preparations. The ... more Forum To Explore Why We Should Go To Moon And Mars 
Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2009NASA is working on the building blocks to return humans to the Moon by 2020, then send them onto Mars. It's part of the national Vision for Space Exploration established five years ago. Just what is America's plan and is it the right one? Four international experts will address those questions and others in a special Moon-Mars Forum, March 17, from 7-9 p.m. at the Virginia Air and Space Center ... more
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