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Planetary Society Steps Beyond Moon For Roadmap To Space
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2008The Planetary Society outlined Thursday a vigorous new approach to space exploration for the consideration of the new U.S. Administration and Congress. "Beyond the Moon: A New Roadmap for Human Space Exploration in the 21st Century" calls for the United States to create - in cooperation with international partners - a space program that is as inspiring as it is sustainable in the world's current ... more A Divining Rod For Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2008Detecting water underground does not require a magical stick. Neutrons reflecting out of the soil can indicate the presence of water or ice. A novel instrument that can detect those neutrons is planned for NASA's next rover mission to Mars. Because neutrons penetrate most materials, neutron beams and detectors are often used to study crystal structure, as well as explore oil and mineral ... more India to take second moon shot by 2012, eyes Mars 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 13, 2008Buoyed by the success of its maiden lunar mission, India on Thursday said it will send a second unmanned spacecraft to the moon by 2012. The announcement came less than a week after Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned spacecraft, entered lunar orbit for the start of a two-year mission. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the second spacecraft would also place a probe on ... more Controllers Cheer As Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2008NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "This means Spirit has not gone into a fault condition and is still being controlled by sequences we send from the ground," said John ... more Shuttle crew to outfit living quarters on space station 
Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2008The shuttle Endeavour is set to lift off on Friday with seven astronauts who plan to make repairs to the International Space Station and expand its living quarters for bigger crews. Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on November 14 at 7:55 pm (0055 GMT). The mission marks the 27th shuttle flight to the orbitin ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008With the Sun moving higher in the sky, Spirit's solar panels must move in the same direction to maximize their exposure to sunlight. To achieve optimal solar input, the panels still must tilt to the north, but not as steeply as before. To change the tilt, rover drivers have begun moving Spirit back upslope toward the top of "Home Plate." Their goal is to reduce the rover's northerly tilt ... more Farewell, Victoria, And On To Endeavour 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Opportunity took the last images of "Victoria Crater" before beginning the journey to Endeavour Crater. The final focus of the rover's cameras was a cliff at the edge of Victoria nicknamed "Cape Victory." After spending more than two years investigating this spectacular crater, Opportunity took parting images as Victoria disappeared into the distance. The rover first arrived at the ... more Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work On Red Planet 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months. As anticipated, seasonal decline in sunshine at the robot's arctic landing site is not providing enough sunlight for the solar arrays to collect the power necessary to charge batteries that operate the lander's instruments. Mission engineers last received a signal from the lander on Nov. 2. ... more Europe space chief seeks 9 bln euros, Mars rover delayed again 
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2008European space boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Monday he would seek "at least" nine billion euros (11.52 billion dollars) from ministers next month to fund new and existing projects in the coming years. Dordain, who is director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), also said that plans to send an unmanned rover to Mars, which had been initially scheduled for launch in 2011 and then ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 05, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Oct. 30 through relays to Mars orbiters. Information received over the weekend indicates Phoenix is running out of power each afternoon or evening but reawakening after its solar arrays catch morning sunlight. The fraction of each day with sun above the horizon is declining at the Martian arctic landing site. Dust rai ... more NASA: Phoenix weak and getting weaker 
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Nov 4, 2008 The U.S. space agency says its Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Sunday, but it is becoming weaker. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said data received so far indicates Phoenix is running out of power each afternoon or evening, only reawakening after its solar arrays catch morning sunlight. But scientists said the fraction of each ... more Cliffbot Goes Climbing 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2008Some of the most scientifically interesting sites on Mars are also some of the hardest to get to. Layered terrain exposed on the cliff faces of deep canyons. Gullies etched into the sides of ancient craters - possible evidence of the presence of liquid water on modern-day Mars. These are some of the locales that scientists would like to explore. But to the rovers that have been sent to ... more Phoenix Goes Quiet
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander, with its solar-electric power shrinking due to shorter daylight hours and a dust storm, did not respond to an orbiter's attempt to communicate with it Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Mission controllers judge the most likely situation to be that declining power has triggered a pre-set precautionary behavior of waking up for only about two hours per day to ... more
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