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![]() St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 04, 2010 Nearly 40 years after the Apollo astronauts first brought samples of the Moon to Earth for study, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis are leading an effort to return to the Moon for samples that could unlock secrets of the early Solar System. Known as MoonRise, the proposed Moon mission is one of three finalists now bidding to become NASA's next big space science venture, a ... read more |
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China To Launch Chang'e-2 Satellite At The End Of 2010![]() China planned to launch the Chang'e-2, the country's second lunar probe, at the end of 2010, the State Administration of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense said Monday. The Chang'e-2 was to test key soft landing technologies for theChang'e-3 and provide high-resolution photo images of the landing area, the administration said. China has made progress on six key tech ... more Cassini Team Showcase Saturn Moon Movies And Raw Images ![]() Like sugar plum fairies in "The Nutcracker," the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance against the majestic sweep of the planet's rings and show as many as four moons gliding around one another. To celebrate the holidays, the Cassini imaging team has created a video collection of "mutual events," ... more Chandrayaan-II Will Use Advanced Technologies ![]() The next moon mission - Chandrayaan-II - will use advanced technologies, the Rajya Sabha was told today. The next moon mission will have an orbiter, a lander and rovers which use advanced technologies, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan said in a written reply. Concepts of low-cost planetary mission have been discussed at an international conference recently in Goa ... more |
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A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon Titan![]() There are more and more signs that lakes exist on Saturn's moon Titan, filled with liquid hydrocarbons. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center have made another important discovery. With a spectrometer onboard the planetary space probe Cassini, they found glints that have their origin in reflections of the Sun's radiation from the surface of a large lake near Titan's North Pole. "We are confident that these reflections come from a standing body of liquid," Dr Katrin Stephan and Prof Ralf Jaumann from DLR's Institute of Planetary Exploration jointly explain. ... more A Blue Moon For New Year's Eve ![]() When you hear someone say "Once in a Blue Moon" you know what they mean. They're usually talking about something rare, silly, and even absurd. After all, when was the last time you saw the moon turn blue? Well, rare or not, we're having one this month, and according to astronomer David Reneke from Australasian Science magazine, it's going to happen on New Year's Eve! It's not at all clear ... more Arianespace To Launch Gaia For European Space Agency ![]() Gaia is a successor to the Hipparcos satellite launched by Arianespace in 1989. Gaia will be placed into deep space beyond lunar orbit by a Soyuz rocket launched from the Guiana Space Center (French Guiana) in 2012. The orbit will be of a Lissajous-type around the second Lagrange point (L2). Built by Astrium, Gaia will weigh about 2,100 kg at launch. Like Hipparcos, a pioneer in space-base ... more |
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