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NASA marks 10th ISS anniversary with spacewalk
Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2008Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour marked the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station Thursday by exiting the station for the second of four spacewalks. The US space agency NASA said astronauts Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough left the ISS decompression chamber at 1658 GMT, some 45 minutes earlier than planned, for a spacewalk to last about 6.5 hours. ... more Evidence of vast frozen water reserves on Mars: scientists 
Washington (AFP) Nov 20, 2008NASA scientists have discovered enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on Mars, away from its polar caps, in the latest sign that life might be sustainable on the Red planet. Ground-penetrating radar used by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals numerous huge glaciers up to one half-mile thick buried beneath layers of rock and debris. Researchers said one glacier is three time ... more Baking The Rover Is Not An Option 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2008The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), scheduled to launch in fall 2009, will follow the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix Lander to help determine if Mars is habitable for life. MSL's instrument package will be able to effectively "see and taste" the martian environment with more accuracy than previous missions. Some instruments will be so sensitive they will be able to pick out a ... more Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2008Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory. The agency had a wider range of possible landing sites to choose from than for any previous mission, thanks to the Mars Science Laboratory's advanced technologies, and the highly capable orbiters helping this mission identify scientifically ... more Students Invited To Name New Mars Rover 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2008NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, will conduct a naming contest for its car-sized Mars Science Laboratory rover that is scheduled for launch in 2009. The contest begins Tuesday, Nov. 18, and is open to students 5 to 18 years ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2008After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the rover to conserve its modest energy during the next few weeks. Spirit's solar panels produced 161 watt hours of energy on the Martian day that ended Thursday, under a sky that had cleared appreciably from four days earlier, when a dust storm slashed energy output ... more India Rejoices Over Moon Probe Landing 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 15, 2008India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface that vaulted the country into the league of space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and Japan. The TV set-sized probe, painted in the green-white-and-orange colours of the Indian flag, made a "precise-to-the-second" landing on the lunar surface late Friday after being released from the unmanned moon-orbiter ... more 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 Space Fantasy 2009 
Gerroa NSW (SPX) Nov 14, 2008Are we heading into 1999 or 2009. Either way it's time for another space fantasy - this time from The Planetary Society who are advising the incoming US Administration that the Moon is the wrong destination goal and that Mars is actually the correct destination. Problem is, NASA has Buckley's chance of reaching the moon anytime in the next decade let alone Mars in the next 25 years. ... more |
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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 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 Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply Of NASA Mars Rover Spirit 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2008A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state. Spirit's solar array produced only 89 watt hours of energy during the rover's 1,725th Martian day, which ended on Nov. 9. This is the lowest output by either Spirit or its twin, Opportunity, in their nearly five years on Mars ... more Phoenix probe mission on Mars ends: NASA 
Washington (AFP) Nov 10, 2008NASA scientists said Monday the Phoenix Mars lander has gone silent because of a lack of sunlight needed to power its batteries, after a five-month mission that produced a mother lode of scientific data from the red planet. After operating two months longer than scientists had initially planned, the probe ceased all communications with Earth starting on November 2, said Barry Goldstein ... more
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