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January 04, 2010
Moon Mission In Running For Next Big Space Venture
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 Building Large Radio Telescope For Space Observation
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Cassini Spacecraft To Monitor North Pole On Titan
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Blue Moon Rounds Out The Decade
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Venus, Asteroids And Moon To Compete For Next New Frontiers Mission
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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China To Launch Chang'e-2 Satellite At The End Of 2010
Beijing (XNA) Dec 30, 2009
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
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 28, 2009
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
New Delhi, India (PTI) Dec 22, 2009
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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Studying The Surface Of Titan


Avatar Moon Pandora Could Be Real


Instant online solar energy quotes

Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar
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Venus, Asteroids And Moon To Compete For Next New Frontiers Mission

Voyager Makes An Interstellar Discovery

Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions

Mars Rover After Six Years Of Operations

Spirit Right-Front And Right-Rear Wheels Remain Stalled

ESA Member States Give Green Light To ExoMars Programme

Avatar Moon Pandora Could Be Real

Astronomers Find World With Inhospitable Atmosphere And Icy Heart

First Super-Earths Discovered Around Sun-Like Stars

Science seeks to control the Casimir force

Nanotech Experiment To Weather The Trials Of Orbit

Better Control Of Carbon Nanotube Growth Promising For Future Electronics

AWI And DLR To Conduct Joint Health Research In The Antarctic

Vaccine Research To Continue On Atlantis Mission

Wyle Personnel Assist Important Studies On ISS

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A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon Titan
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 22, 2009
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
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 22, 2009
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
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 22, 2009
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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Earth's moon gets down to -416F


Sunglint Confirms Liquid In Titan Northern Lake District


Biosatellite To The Moon
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Refurbished computers aid Kenyan farmers

Guinea's junta celebrates first year in power

Security chiefs 'dominate diamond trade'

Chinese car park makes space for women only

GM India chief says China partnership start of Asia thrust

Geely's Volvo bid highlights China's global car ambition

Four PTB Primary Atomic Clocks Will Contribute To UTC

You couldn't make it up: offbeat stories from 2009

Events that marked the start of the 21st century

Mini-Research Module MRM1 At Cape For Shuttle Processing

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Rocket-Motor Test Supports NASA, DOD And Commercial Missions

New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff

Milt Thompson's Wild Ride

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Saturnian Satellite Iapetus Is Coated With Foreign Dust

Is There Life On The Moon

Views Of The World Under The Moon

Researcher Delighted That LCROSS Confirms Lunar Prospector Findings

Circumlunar Missions: The Missing Link

Chang'e-1 Has Blazed A New Trail In China's Deep Space Exploration

China To Launch Second Lunar Probe In 2010

Lunar Water Probably Came From Comets

Prometheus Plays Tug Of War With One Of Saturn's Rings

Partial Gravity And The Moon

More Indigenous Components In Second Moon Mission: ISRO

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Vast Scope For Research On Moon

Astronomy Question Of The Week: What Happens On The Moon During A Lunar Eclipse

Cassini Sends Back Images Of Enceladus As Winter Nears

The Lunar Oasis

NASA 'Drops' Next Gen Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests

Distal Rampart Of Crater In Chryse Planitia

Chandrayaan Instrument Finds Magnetosphere Around Moon

LCROSS Finds Water On Moon

New Moon Sets Stage For Brilliant Leonids Meteor Shower

Radiation: The Moon's Greatest Menace

NASA Seeks Student Payloads For High-Flying Research Balloon

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