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Throttling Back To The Moon Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 24, 2007 
Accelerating from 0 to 60 then slowing down for a stop light is no problem for an ordinary automobile. But if you were piloting a rocketship, it wouldn't be so easy. Most rocket engines are designed to burn full-on (liftoff!) or full-off (coasting through space) with no in-between. And that can be a problem--namely, how do you land this thing? Throttling is crucial for a planetary lander. ... read more |
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Phoenix (UPI) Jul 18, 2007U.S. scientists determined that they can predict concentrations of certain minerals on the moon by comparing variations in reflected light. Samples of lunar rocks returned by U.S. astronauts show large variations in titanium oxide concentrations, suggesting complex compositional zonation within the lunar mantle. M.S. Robinson of Arizona State University and colleagues, noting ilminite has ... more Northrop Grumman Helps NASA Shape Plans For Affordable Lunar Lander 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2007The lunar lander that will carry NASA astronauts to the moon's surface by the end of the next decade will benefit from more than 50 years of technological change -- and more than 50 years of unique engineering and operational experience from Northrop Grumman Corporation, the designer and producer of the original Apollo Lunar Module. Since late 2006, the company has hosted a series of techn ... more Summer Moon Illusion 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 29, 2007On Saturday night, June 30th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant moon rising in the east. It looks like Earth's moon with the usual craters and seas, but something's wrong. This full moon is strangely inflated. It's huge! You've just experienced the Moon Illusion. Sky watchers have known for thousands of years that low-hanging moons look unnaturally big. Cameras don't see ... more NASA Plans New Era Of Suitcase Sized Lunar Science 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2007NASA has selected proposals, including two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for future lunar science activities. In addition, the agency has established two new programs that will enhance research made possible by the Vision for Space Exploration. The proposals and programs are part of an effort by NASA to develop new opportunities to conduct important science investigation ... more X PRIZE Announces Competitors For Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge 
Santa Monica CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2007A real rocket race is on the horizon with the return of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge (NG-LLC) -- the centerpiece of the Wirefly X PRIZE Cup and Holloman Air and Space Expo. In the Challenge's second year, the number of teams competing for the $2 million purse has increased from four teams to nine. The NG-LLC, sponsored by NASA's Centennial Challenges Program, is designed to ... more |
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Beijing (Xinhua) May 22, 2007China was "losing no time" in preparing its first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, which will most likely be launched in the second half of 2007, a space official said here on Sunday. "The moon probe project is the third milestone in China's space technology after satellite and manned spacecraft projects, and a first step for us in exploring deep space," said Sun Laiyan ... more Oresme Crater Show Many Signs Of The Early Lunar Heavy Bombardment 
Paris, France (ESA) May 22, 2007This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the Oresme crater on the Moon. AMIE obtained this picture on 30 August 2006 - only 4 days before SMART-1's final impact on the lunar surface. It was taken from a distance of 1 100 kilometres over the surface, with a ground resolution of 110 metres per pixel. Oresme is located on the Moon's farside ... more US Rejected Russian Request For Joint Moon Program 
Moscow (AFP) April 29, 2007The head of Russia's space agency Sunday said the US has rebuffed an offer from Moscow to jointly explore the moon, while announcing a separate contract with NASA for nearly one billion dollars for the International Space Station. Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency that Russia had proposed pooling resources to explore the moon ... more Longest Holiday In Space Ends As Russia Touts Lunar Tour Within Five Years 
Moscow (SPX) Apr 23, 2007As Russia's latest space tourist vovage ended, the Russia's Space Agency signaled it was ready to considering sending Russia's richest man, London-based Roman Abramovich, on a flight around the Moon for $300 million after 2010. "Some press reports have said Roman Abramovich has submitted his candidacy for flying around the Moon for $300 million," Anatoly Perminov, head of the agency, told ... more Back To The Moon For Some Reconnaissance 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2007Of the two luminaries that dominate our sky, it is the moon that is of particular interest to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) project. The LRO will travel to the moon in late fall 2008, mapping the surface to help pave the way for humans to return. It will help prepare us for extended surface exploration on the moon and for subsequent missions to Mars and other distant destinations. Lunar ... more |
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Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2007As NASA makes plans to send humans back to the moon, this time to live and work there for extended periods of time, one of the most vexing problems they may be faced with is dust. Lunar dust is pervasive and nasty stuff, which could pose health problems for astronauts, as well as problems for mechanical and electrical systems. To explore the potential problems, at the end of January the NA ... more China Bans Firm From Selling Land On The Moon 
Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2007A Chinese company has been banned from selling plots of land on the moon, state media reported on Saturday. The company, Lunar Embassy to China, had sold a total of 49 acres (20 hectares) to 34 customers before authorities acted, Xinhua news agency said. An appeal court on Friday upheld an earlier ruling against the Beijing-based firm which had been selling the lunar plots. In 2005 the company had its business licence revoked and was fined 50,000 yuan (6,450 dollars) by commerce authorities. It sued but the court ruled against the firm ... more China May Launch First Lunar Probe Satellite In September 
Beijing (Xinhua) Mar 19, 2007China may launch its first lunar satellite in September this year, the official People's Daily said in its overseas edition Saturday, quoting head of the country's Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense. "Preparatory work for the Chang'e I lunar orbiter is going according to schedule, and the orbiter may be launched in September this year," said Zhang Yunchuan, ... more What Lies Beneath 
Fayetteville AK (SPX) Mar 19, 2007Studies conducted by University of Arkansas researchers suggest locations where future Mars missions might seek liquid water underneath Martian soil. Graduate students Kathryn Bryson and Daniel Ostrowski, postdoctoral researcher Vincent Chevrier and Derek Sears, director of the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, will present their findings Friday, March 16, at the Lunar and Planet ... more Shooting Marbles At Four Miles A Second 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 15, 2007NASA scientist Bill Cooke is shooting marbles and he's playing "keepsies." The prize won't be another player's marbles, but knowledge that will help keep astronauts safe when America returns to the Moon in the next decade. Cooke is firing quarter-inch diameter clear shooters - Pyrex glass, to be exact - at soil rather than at other marbles. And he has to use a new one on each round because ... more
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