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Obama orders review of NASA's shuttle replacement
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2009President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a review of a problem-plagued rocket that NASA hopes will replace its shuttle fleet, but the agency insisted the future of manned US space flights was safe. "NASA will review US post-shuttle human space flight activities this summer," Obama's new budget said, sparking questions over the future of the Constellation project and its ambition to take ... more New dinner table top priority as ISS expands 
Star City, Russia (AFP) May 7, 2009Astronauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said Thursday that constructing a new dinner table would be a top priority as its permanent crew expands to six. The three-man crew will travel into orbit on a Soyuz capsule later this month, joining an existing three-person team on the ISS and for the first time raising its permanent crew to six. "We are now going to have ... more NASA, ESA And A Trip To Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 08, 2009NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury. The projects, valued at approximately $38 million, also establish new alliances with the European Space Agency, or ESA. "The selections will further advance our knowledge of these exciting terrestrial planets," said Jim Green, director of NASA's Planet ... more Releases Interactive 3-D Views Of ISS And New Mars Rover 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 08, 2009NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover on Thursday, May 7. NASA and Microsoft's Virtual Earth team developed the online experience with hundreds of photographs and Microsoft's photo imaging technology called Photosynth. Using a click-and-drag interface, viewers can ... more NASA Selects Future Projects To Study Mars And Mercury 
Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2009NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury. The projects, valued at approximately $38 million, also establish new alliances with the European Space Agency, or ESA. "The selections will further advance our knowledge of these exciting terrestrial planets," said Jim Green, director of NASA's ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2009It would be terrible if the first humans to reach Mars stepped onto the surface to discover their legs could no longer hold them. A team of Rice University students is working to make sure that doesn't happen. Five senior bioengineering students have designed a device to help astronauts keep their skeletons strong and healthy by measuring bone mineral density loss, literally on the fly. ... more Early Martian Environment And Water Drive Search For Life Forms 
New Rochelle (SPX) Apr 17, 2009Solar energy and winds, collisions with asteroids and comets, and changing magnetic fields have all altered the environment of Mars, a planet that may have been able to support life during its history, as documented in a special collection of papers published in the current issue of Astrobiology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Compiled by Helmut Lammer, PhD, Se ... more Mars Science Laboratory Parachute Qualification Testing 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2009The parachute for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory passed flight-qualification testing in March and April 2009 inside the world's largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. In this image, an engineer is dwarfed by the parachute, the largest ever built to fly on an extraterrestrial flight. It is designed to survive deployment at Mach 2.2 in the Martian atmosphere ... more US scientists plan greenhouses on the Moon 
Tucson, Arizona (AFP) April 15, 2009Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon. Although space fare has steadily improved over time, a team of scientists says the best is yet to come. They look forward to when residents of future lunar or even Martian outposts can dine on luxuries such ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2009Spirit is making good progress around Home Plate to the west. After getting clear of troublesome rocks, Spirit drove 13.8 meters (45.3 feet) on Sol 1854 (March 21, 2009). The next drive, on Sol 1856 (March 23, 2009) , achieved a new distance record for five-wheel driving. Spirit drove 25.82 meters (84.7 feet), beating the old record by about a meter. Spirit completed another drive of ... more Opportunity Brushing and Examining an Outcrop 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2009Opportunity remains positioned on an exposed rock outcrop, continuing an "in situ" (contact) science campaign with the robotic arm (IDD). On Sol 1832 (March 20, 2009), the first part of a rock abrasion tool (RAT) brushing activity was performed. Using a new work-around for the failed RAT Z-encoder, the RAT successfully performed a seek-scan to locate the rock surface. On the next sol ... more Bright Soil Churned By Spirit's Sol 1861 Drive 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2009NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove 22.7 meters (74 feet) toward the southwest on the 1,861st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (March 28, 2009). After the drive, the rover took this image with its front hazard-avoidance camera, looking back at the tracks from the drive. As usual since losing the use of its right-front wheel in 2006, Spirit drove backwards. The ... more Europe, Russia in Mars mission rehearsal 
Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2009Six volunteers from Europe and Russia will on Tuesday allow themselves to be locked up in a capsule in Moscow for over three months to simulate the conditions for an eventual manned mission to Mars. The two Europeans and four Russians will not be allowed to leave the facility until their mission ends 105 days later, allowing scientists to assess the psychological effects of long duration spa ... more
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