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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 24, 2009 
Plumes spewing from a tiny moon of Saturn - a moon roughly the width of Arizona - are filled with molecules that suggest that the moon, Enceladus, is likely another place in the solar system to look for life, Cassini scientist Jonathan Lunine of The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said. When NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew through a plume erupting from Enceladus early ... read more 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2009Forty years ago this month a mighty Saturn-5 rocket blasted off with the force of one hundred locomotives propelling two men into history! They became the first human beings to ever set foot on another world. This was the first Moon landing. No-one had ever done this before. Would they land OK? Would they crash? Would they sink into the lunar soil? NASA gave them a 50-50 chance at best. ... more
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 23, 2009The 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing is a time to look back and, especially, an opportunity to look forward to future space exploration, including the Moon missions now being planned by NASA and other space agencies, said Mark A. Bishop, an associate research scientist with the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. Bishop talked with commentators Matthew Abraham and David B ... more 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, launched on October 22, 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, has completed eight months of successful operation and has made 3,000 revolutions around the Moon. Besides sending more than 70,000 images of the lunar surface which provide breathtaking views of lunar mountains and craters, especially craters in the permanently shadowed ... more 
San Francisco (AFP) July 20, 2009Google on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the first human footsteps on the moon by adding virtual lunar exploration to its free online Earth map and imagery service. The moon joins Earth, Mars, and Sky in an options list in an upper tool bar on the main Web page at earth.google.com. Aspiring lunar explorers will need Google Earth 5.0 software, which can be downloaded free. ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2009Whenever we think of a country's contribution to astronomy, we first tend to consider its most ancient roots. With Chinese astronomy, those roots go back far longer than any other modern culture. Among the most ancient writings and 'oracle bones' uncovered through painstaking archeology, we see the legacy of the first sightings of eclipses, aurora, sunspots and the solar corona. In their ... more |
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World's first gigawatt-scale offshore solar project begins operationSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2024 The world's first gigawatt-scale offshore solar power project has successfully been connected to the grid and started power generation, according to CHN Energy Investment Group (CHN Energy). S ... more  
'Nobody can reverse' US progress on clean energy: BidenManaus, Brazil (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 US President Joe Biden on Sunday touted his administration's "clean energy revolution" during a visit to the Amazon in Brazil adding, in reference to President-elect Donald Trump, that "nobody can reverse it." ... more 
Scientists to create solar lasers for space power inspired by natureLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2024 An international collaboration, including researchers from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University, has announced a pioneering approach to harness solar energy in space by converting sunlight into laser b ... more
  
RTX's Raytheon secures U.S. Army contract for wireless power beamingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 Raytheon, a business segment of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to advance directed energy wireless power beaming systems. This technology aims to improve power distributi ... more 
Tackling the energy revolution, one sector at a timeBoston MA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 As a major contributor to global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the transportation sector has immense potential to advance decarbonization. However, a zero-emissions global supply chain requires re ... more 
NASA opens Power Systems essay contest for K12 studentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2024 NASA has launched the fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge, inviting U.S. students from kindergarten through 12th grade to submit essays envisioning new nuclear-powered missions to any m ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) July 20, 2009Google on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the first human footstep on the moon by adding virtual lunar exploration to its free online Earth map and imagery service. The moon joins Earth, Mars, and Sky in an options list in an upper tool bar on the main Web page at earth.google.com. Aspiring lunar explorers will need Google Earth 5.0 software, which can be downloaded free. Apollo 11 ... more 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jul 21, 2009India may have to abandon its Moon mission midway, launched in October with a two-year shelf life, as its indigenous first lunar craft Chandrayaan-I lost a vital sensor which could lead to a premature end, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Friday. "Unfortunately, during the last month we have lost a vital sensor - the star sensor. Like in the olden days when one used to ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 21, 2009Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts set out on a daring adventure to explore the Moon. They ended up discovering their own planet. How do you discover Earth ... by leaving it? Apollo 8 was the first crewed Saturn V launch and the first time humans were placed in lunar orbit. Mission plans called for the astronauts to photograph possible landing sites for future missions. Before this, only ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2009The United States Monday proudly marks the 40th anniversary of its conquest of the moon, a triumph of scientific endeavor now remembered at a time when US dominance in space is increasingly uncertain. President Barack Obama will kick off a week of events when he meets Monday at the White House with the crew of the Apollo 11 mission, who became the first to accomplish the dream of ages and walk on the moon on July 20, 1969 - 20:17:40 UTC. ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 19, 2009One of the many legacies of the Apollo space programme was the way it caused an extraordinary, enduring -- and, for some, troubling -- change in how we perceive the Universe and our place in it. Before, the Moon was distant and aloof, a symbol of everything that is unattainable, a place of dreams, an object of superstition and veneration. After being explored by Apollo 11 on July 20 196 ... more |
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