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Scientists And Space Enthusiasts Share Vision For Mars
Washington DC (VOA) Sep 05, 2007Humans could get to Mars in less than 10 years, if they put their minds to it. That is the message of the Mars Society, a group of scientists and space enthusiasts who met recently in Los Angeles. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with some about their vision for the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. They came to see astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men on the moon, and to ... more 500 Days At Venus, And The Surprises Keep Coming 
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Venus Express has now orbited Earth's twin for 500 Earth days, completing as many orbits. While the satellite maintains steady and excellent performance, the planet continues to surprise and amaze us. In spite of experiencing a challenging environment, Venus Express is in an excellent condition. It receives four times the amount of solar radiation as compared to its sister spacecraft, Mars ... more Phoenix Takes Flight 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Phoenix is on its way to Mars. The latest spacecraft in NASA's program of Mars exploration launched from Cape Canaveral on August 4 of this year, and is scheduled to land in the planet's northern polar region on May 25, 2008. Its findings will help scientists answer a critical question about the Red Planet: was it ever habitable? Phoenix is in many ways similar to the two Viking landers ... more Russia plans manned Moon mission by 2025 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 31, 2007Russia plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2025 and wants to build a permanent base there shortly after, the head of Russian space agency Roskosmos said Friday. "According to our estimates we will be ready for a manned flight to the Moon in 2025," Anatoly Perminov told reporters. An "inhabited station" could be built there between 2027 and 2032, he said. ... more NASA Study Will Help Stop Stowaways To Mars 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2007NASA clean rooms, where scientists and engineers assemble spacecraft, have joined hot springs, ice caves, and deep mines as unlikely places where scientists have discovered ultra-hardy organisms collectively known as 'extremophiles'. Some species of bacteria uncovered in a recent NASA study have never been detected anywhere else. According to Dr. Kasthuri Venkateswaran, who led the study ... more |
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Tuscon AZ (SPX) Aug 30, 2007The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) has confirmed that a dark pit seen on Mars in an earlier HiRISE image really is a vertical shaft that cuts through lava flow on the flank of the Arsia Mons volcano. Such pits form on similar volcanoes in Hawaii and are called "pit craters." The HiRISE camera, orbiting the red planet on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is the most ... more Calculating The Biomass Of Martian Soil 
Giessen, Germany (SPX) Aug 29, 2007A new interpretation of data from NASA's Viking landers indicates that 0.1% of the Martian soil tested could have a biological origin. This new interpretation of results from NASA's 1976 Viking missions could have important implications for the search for life in our Solar System. Dr Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany, believes that the subfreezing, arid Martian surface ... more Airplane Monitors Great Lakes Algae 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Aug 29, 2007A rare bird has been flying over the Great Lakes recently, and it isn't migrating or searching for prey. This hawkeyed species is a Learjet aircraft outfitted with an advanced imaging system. Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland modified the plane to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) monitor algae in western Lake Erie and Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay. ... more Recon Orbiter Camera Issue Resolved As 3000th Image Comes Down From Mars 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2007Diagnostic tests and months of stable, successful operation have resolved concerns raised early this year about long-term prospects for the powerful telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the orbiter has now taken more than 3,000 images of Mars, resolving features as small as a desk in targeted areas covering ... more |
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 21, 2007NASA looked cautiously to its next mission due in October after the US shuttle Endeavour returned safely to Earth Tuesday despite damage to its underside. "We are still pointing for October, we still have time," the space agency's launch director Mike Leinbach told reporters at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the landing. ... more US shuttle makes textbook return landing 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Aug 21, 2007US shuttle Endeavour returned safely to Earth Tuesday, despite damage to its underside, after a 13-day mission in which the first teacher in space gave lessons to children back home. "You have given a new meaning to higher education," joked astronaut Chris Ferguson, as he welcomed back the five-man, two-woman crew including Endeavour astronaut Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space. ... more Hurtling Toward Mars 
Huntsville AL (MSFC) Aug 22, 2007Earth and Mars are converging, and right now the distance between the two planets is shrinking at a rate of 22,000 mph--or about 25 miles per sentence. Ultimately, this will lead to a close approach in late December 2007 when Mars will outshine every star in the night sky. Of a similar encounter in the 19th century, astronomer Percival Lowell wrote the following: ... more Dust From Martian Sky Accumulates On Solar Panels 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 22, 2007Even though the Martian sky above Gusev Crater continued to clear, solar power levels on NASA's Spirit rover remained fairly constant as dust settling from the atmosphere accumulated on top of the solar panels. Activities remained restricted. Measurements of atmospheric opacity, known as Tau, dropped from 3.6 on Martian day, or sol, 1283 (Aug. 12, 2007) to 3.3 on sol 1286 (Aug. 16, 2007) ... more
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