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European space freighter in dress rehearsal for ISS hookup
Paris (AFP) March 31, 2008Europe's brand-new robot space freighter inched towards the International Space Station on Monday as mission controllers practised emergency manoeuvres ahead of a maiden linkup on Thursday. Navigating for the first time with a laser-based optical system, the Automated Transfer Vehicle moved to within just 11 metres (35.75 feet) of the ISS' docking port, the European Space Agency ... more A Vision For Exploration 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008There are many fascinating places in our solar system to explore, but space missions are dangerous and expensive. Sending robots instead of people helps reduce these drawbacks. For this kind of exploration, Professor Bernard Foing looks to the Moon, Mars and beyond, hoping to discover tantalising secrets useful to astrobiologists. Foing is the senior research coordinator at the European ... more For The Paper Trail Of Life On Mars Or Other Planets, Find Cellulose 
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Apr 01, 2008Looking for evidence of life on Mars or other planets? Finding cellulose microfibers would be the next best thing to a close encounter, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The cover story for the April issue of the journal Astrobiology, the new research also pushes back the earliest direct evidence of biological material on Earth by about 200 million ... more Spirit Begins Preparing For Another Winter Hibernation 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2008Spirit has reached its final position for the coming Martian winter and has no plans to move before the next Martian spring. During the next few months, the rover will increasingly go into a "hibernate" mode as the sun continues to dim. Spirit is currently wrapping up a campaign of scientific studies of the rock target known as "Wendell Pruitt," interspersed with remote science observation ... more Mars Robotic Rover Opportunity Finds More Evidence Of Ancient Water 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2008Opportunity has completed scientific studies of the undisturbed surface of a rock target informally named "Dorsal" in the "Gilbert" rock layer inside "Victoria Crater." Dorsal is a protruding fin of rock created by minerals deposited in cracks that remained in place long after the original rock eroded away because they were more resistant to weathering. Data collected with the Mossbauer ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008Opportunity completed the first leg of a two-part drive toward an area of scientific interest known as "Gilbert" that involved moving backward in order to continue the drive without running into some unexpectedly deep soil to the rover's right. En route, Opportunity spent two Martian days acquiring compositional data from a rock exposure dubbed "Lyell-Exeter," measured argon gas in the Martian a ... more Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques 
Washington (AFP) March 21, 2008Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Endeavour last week, spent six hours and 24 minutes outside the ISS working on ... more Mars Salt Deposits Point To New Place In Hunt For Ancient Traces Of Life 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 20, 2008Scientists using a Mars-orbiting camera designed and operated at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility have discovered the first evidence for deposits of chloride minerals - salts - in numerous places on Mars. These deposits, say the scientists, show where water was once abundant and may also provide evidence for the existence of former Martian life. ... more Salt Deposits May Have Evidence Of Life On Mars 
Washington (AFP) March 20, 2008US scientists have discovered salt deposits on the surface of Mars, indicating that water was once plenty and pointing sites that could provide evidence of past life, a study said Thursday. The deposits were discovered by a team of scientists led by Mikki Osterloo at the University of Hawaii using thermal images from the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft, according to research in the March 21 ... more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 13, 2008Purdue University engineers are conducting experiments using a new hydrogen facility to help NASA create designs to improve the cooling efficiency and performance of the J-2X rocket engine, critical for future missions to Mars and the moon. More efficient cooling improves performance and reduces the need for costly overhauls, said William Anderson, an associate professor in Purdue's School of ... more Women Drivers On Mars 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Little noticed by the general public, February 23rd was a special day in space exploration. For the first time in history, an all-woman team of scientists and engineers guided a major NASA mission-the Mars Exploration Rovers. "We were in control of Spirit's activities for the day," explains Barbara Cohen of the Marshall Space Flight Center who headed up the science team. "It was a milestone in ... more HiRISE Discovers A Possibly Once-Habitable Ancient Mars Lake 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Scientists studying images from The University of Arizona-led High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have discovered never-before-seen impact "megabreccia" and a possibly once-habitable ancient lake on Mars at a place called Holden crater. The megabreccia is topped by layers of fine sediments that formed in what apparently was a long-lived, calm lake ... more Europe Ready To Launch World's Latest Space Freighter 
Paris (AFP) March 6, 2008The most advanced robot freighter in space history is due for its maiden launch this weekend, crowning Europe's involvement in the troubled International Space Station. If all goes well, a beefed-up Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from French Guiana at 0339 GMT on Sunday, taking aloft a cylindrical craft the size of a London double-decker bus that will play a unique dual role of cargo ... more
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