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US space shuttle Atlantis returns home
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 20, 2008The shuttle Atlantis safely landed in Florida Wednesday, completing a successful mission to install Europe's first space laboratory. Atlantis touched down at the seaside Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, bringing home seven astronauts following a 13-day mission to deliver the Columbus lab to the orbiting International Space Station. The shuttle's return also cleared the skies for ... more Mars study shows oceans of water bubbled up from below 
Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2008Fan-shaped deltas at the edge of huge basins scattered across Mars were probably formed by a titanic influx of water, gushing from the bowels of the Red Planet, according to study released Wednesday. The origin and morphology of the deltas, studded with curious step-like terraces, have perplexed scientists since they were first observed three years ago. Today the surface of Mars is bone dry ... more Spirit Inches Downward Into Final Winter Perch 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2008Spirit is tiptoeing ever so carefully down the north edge of the elevated volcanic plateau known as "Home Plate." Having completed a 4-cm drive on sol 1463, the rover's current northerly tilt is 27.1 degrees. Spirit's handlers plan to have the rover drive another 4 centimeters on sol 1464. Spirit should be at its final winter perch by the end of next week, following a few more 4-cm drives. Given recent progress, Spirit may achieve a northerly, Sun-facing tilt of 30 degrees, higher than originally anticipated. ... more Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving. "Not all water is fit to drink," said Andrew Knoll, a member of the rover science team who is a biologist at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ... more Sunovia Announces NASA Solar Applications Contract 
Sarasota FL (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Sunovia Energy Technologies and EPIR Technologies are pleased to announce the execution of an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development of advanced high-efficiency, ultra-lightweight solar cells with thicknesses reduced by a factor of more than ten as compared to those currently in use. These cells will be used to power spacecraft and, in ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2008Two new Earth-observing satellites, a "flagship" mission to the outer planets, and several small lunar missions are among the highlights of the Administration's budget request for NASA for fiscal year 2009. At $17.6 billion the proposal represents a 1.8% increase over NASA's actual budget for 2008, and $4.44 billion, or just over a quarter of the total, is slated towards NASA's science missions. ... more Bush sets out tiny 2.9 percent rise in space budget 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2008President George W. Bush Monday set out a modest 2.9 percent rise in funding for the US space agency, just as NASA is racing to finish the International Space Station in 2010. The funds were contained in Bush's proposed 3.1 trillion dollar budget for the fiscal year 2009, which earmarked a total 17.61 billion dollars for National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects in the coming ... more Mars In Their Sights 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Feb 04, 2008U.S. and Chinese students are taking aim at the Red Planet using an ASU-designed camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft. The target lies millions of miles away, but for the 22 high school students in the first-ever China Youth Space Academy, Mars is square in their sights. Fifteen high school students from China are at ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility, collaborating with seven students from ... more Plan Bush For Outer Space Facing Critical Open Source Review
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2008Scientists and space policy experts say they will debate whether President George Bush's call for a return to the moon and voyage to Mars is feasible. Hundreds of millions of dollars were spent the last four years to design, build and test spacecraft in the program dubbed Constellation, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The program, however, has not caught the public's imagi ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2008A huge asteroid will zoom past Earth next week at such a close distance that amateur astronomers should be able to spot it, specialists said on Wednesday. Measuring between 150 and 600 metres (yards) across, asteroid 2007 TU24 would inflict devastating regional damage were it to hit Earth, but there is no risk of any collision, they said. It will fly by on Tuesday, being around 534,000 k ... more Ice Clouds Put Mars In The Shade 
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 17, 2008Until now, Mars has generally been regarded as a desert world, where a visiting astronaut would be surprised to see clouds scudding across the orange sky. However, new results show that the arid planet possesses high-level clouds that are sufficiently dense to cast a shadow on the surface. The results were obtained by the OMEGA Visible and Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer instru ... more Scientists examine effects of wind on Mars 
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 16, 2007 U.S. scientists have obtained high-resolution images of Mars' wind-driven sand dunes and ridges that might lead to a better understanding of the planet. The pictures were taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The camera is capable of imaging features less than half a meter -- about 20 inches in size. The scientists said ... more 2007 WD5 Mars Collision Effectively Ruled Out As Impact Odds Widen To 1 In 10000 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Since our last update, we have received numerous tracking measurements of asteroid 2007 WD5 from four different observatories. These new data have led to a significant reduction in the position uncertainties during the asteroid's close approach to Mars on Jan. 30, 2008. As a result, the impact probability has dropped dramatically, to approximately 0.01% or 1 in 10,000 odds, effectively ruling ou ... more
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