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NASA Ames Robots Explore Lava Flow In Simulated Lunar Mission
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2009
NASA robots soon will begin exploring the dusty, rocky terrain of a barren desert on Earth much like the moon. Scientists and engineers will study the images and information the robots gather to help plan where humans should venture next. To simulate robots scouting on the lunar surface before a human space crew arrives, the "K10 Red" and "K10 Black" robots developed at NASA Ames Research ... read more

International Study Could Aid Search For Life In The Universe
Orlando FL (SPX) Jun 15, 2009
A lunar eclipse helped a group of international scientists take a snapshot of earth's chemical fingerprint, which could help to identify planets most similar to earth where life may be thriving. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Eduardo Martin was a member of the team that made the observation, which is published in the June 11 edition of Nature magazine. The team use ... more
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    Aerospace Assurance From Earth To The Moon
    Madison WI (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
    Aerospace hardware, whether for jet engines, space station payloads or lunar surface components, has some of the most demanding requirements of any design application. To ensure proper verification and validation during operations, Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) is now offering commercial in-house testing capabilities for systems, subsystems, and components. Led by ORBITEC's ... more

    Mapping The Surface Temperatures Of The Moon
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
    When NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a yearlong unmanned mission to comprehensively map the entire moon, later this month, UCLA's David Paige will be leading its Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, which will perform the first global survey of the temperature of the lunar surface as the spacecraft orbits some 31 miles above the moon. "The terrain on the far side of the ... more

    International Study Could Aid Search For Life In The Universe
    Orlando FL (SPX) Jun 12, 2009
    A lunar eclipse helped a group of international scientists take a snapshot of earth's chemical fingerprint, which could help to identify planets most similar to earth where life may be thriving. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Eduardo Martin was a member of the team that made the observation, which is published in Nature magazine. The team used some of the world's ... more

    Japan lunar probe ends mission, is crashed onto moon
    Tokyo (AFP) June 11, 2009
    Japan's first lunar satellite on Thursday ended its scientific mission which started in September 2007 and was manoeuvred to crash onto the moon, the nation's space agency said. The Kaguya, named after a mythical moon princess, was launched to study the moon's origin and evolution by collecting data as it orbited 100 kilometres (60 miles) above the moon, the Japan Aerospace Exploration ... more

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    Machine Learning Enhances Solar Power Forecast Accuracy
    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2025
    As solar power becomes a more significant component of the global energy grid, improving the accuracy of photovoltaic (PV) generation forecasts is crucial for balancing supply and demand. A recent s ... more
    The next-generation solar cell is fully recyclable
    Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2025
    Researchers at Linkoping University have developed a groundbreaking method for recycling all components of a perovskite solar cell without the use of hazardous solvents. The process ensures that rec ... more
    China to further shrink renewables subsidies in market reform push
    Shanghai (AFP) Feb 9, 2025
    China's top economic planner said on Sunday it would reduce some renewable energy subsidies in reforms intended to open the booming sector to market forces. ... more


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    France sets new plasma record in hunt for nuclear fusion
    Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2025
    French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by managing to maintain raging-hot plasma for a record 22 minutes. ... more
    NRL's Mercury Pulsed Power Facility Celebrates 20 Years of Research Excellence
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2025
    The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is celebrating two decades of groundbreaking research at its Mercury Pulsed Power Facility, a premier platform that continues to drive progress in flash x-ra ... more
    Toward sustainable computing: Energy-efficient memory innovation
    Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2025
    How much energy is consumed each time we upload an image to social media, which relies on data centers and cloud storage? Data centers currently account for about one percent of global energy consum ... more
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    Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang On To Summer
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2009
    Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion. Their forecast for Titan's early autumn - warm and wetter. Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have monitored Titan's atmosphere for three-and-a-half years, between July 2004 and December 2007, and observed more than 200 clouds. They found ... more

    NASA's Shuttle Program Hands Over Launch Pad To Constellation
    Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 02, 2009
    The May 31 transfer of Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program is the next step in preparing the first flight test of the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch system. The Constellation Program is developing new spacecraft - including the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, the Orion crew capsule, and the ... more

    China Considering Manned Lunar Landing In 2025-2030
    Shanghai (XNA) May 27, 2009
    A space scientist has said that Chinese scientists are considering the feasibility of a manned lunar landing mission at an appropriate time between 2025 and 2030. China will be able to fetch samples collected by unmanned lunar probe by 2017, Ye Peijian, chief designer of the lunar probe with China's Chang'e Project, said at a science lecture held Friday in Shanghai. "Through the deve ... more

    The Next Moon Missions
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 27, 2009
    NASA's return to the Moon will get a boost in June with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor. The agency has outlined the upcoming missions of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS. The spacecraft will launch together June 17 aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Cana ... more

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