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January 20, 2010
PVAMU Scientists Add "Moon Mud" To Lunar Radiation Shielding Studies
Prairie View TX (SPX) Jan 19, 2010
Barely two months after NASA intentionally crashed the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) into the moon's southern polar region and discovered water, faculty and student researchers from the NASA Center for Radiation Engineering and Science for Space Exploration (CRESSE) at Prairie View A and M University are already investigating how moisture content might alter the radiati ... read more

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The Floor Of Tycho Crater
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ESA And NASA Celebrate The Fifth Anniversary Of Titan Landing
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Change-2 Satellite's Camera Resolution Reaches One Meter
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Cassini Data Show Enceladus In Motion
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Huygens Conference Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Titan Landing
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 11, 2010
On 14 January 2005 the European Space Agency's Huygens probe separated from the Cassini spacecraft and landed on Saturn's moon Titan. The touchdown on the surface of Titan marked the first, and so far only, landing of a man-made probe in the outer Solar System. To mark the fifth anniversary of this remarkable event, scientists will gather from 13-15 January at the CosmoCaixa science museum in Barcelona, Spain, to review the key scientific and engineering achievements of Huygens, to evaluate the current understanding of Titan, and to consider future Titan exploration missions. ... more

Planning Our Phases On The Moon
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2010
Space agencies around the world have been gearing up for the return of human explorers to the Moon by developing fantastic new technologies. From rovers to rockets, these technologies are necessary for transporting astronauts to the Moon and for performing surface geology and biology experiments. As the prospect of a renewed human presence on the Moon approaches, it may be time to think ... more

Earth, Moon And Mars As A Single Economic Entity
New Dehli, India (SPX) Jan 08, 2010
Scientists should start considering earth, moon and mars as an economic complex for future habitat expansion of human beings, said Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Former President Of India in his public lecture on the topic 'It can be done', at the ongoing 97th Indian Science Congress. He began the lecture with the suggestion that Indian scientists should look forward to celebrating the socio-econo ... more

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Space Systems Loral To Supply Lunar Mission Propulsion System


India Aims For Chandrayaan-II Lunar Mission In 2013


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India's First Manned Space Flight In 2013

Spectacular Years Ahead In Space

Indian "Vyomanauts" All Set To Rise Up In Space

Opportunity Leaving Marquette Behind

Spirit Still Stuck

Portuguese Students Get A Glimpse Into Future Mars Missions

NASA's Rosetta "Alice" Spectrometer Reveals Earth's UV Fingerprint

Make A Play Date With Planet Explorers At The Adler

VLT Captures First Direct Spectrum Of An Exoplanet

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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Lava tube could house moon colony
Tokyo (UPI) Jan 2, 2009
A deep lava tube discovered on the moon could shield human colonists from harsh temperatures and meteorites, Japanese scientists said. The tube, in the Marius Hills on the moon's near side, is believed to be 213-feet wide and more than 260-feet deep, said Junichi Haruyama, a researcher with the Japanese space agency JAXA. The tube was discovered through images taken by the Japanese moon ... more

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 ... more

China Building Large Radio Telescope For Space Observation
Shanghai (XNA) Jan 04, 2010
Construction of a 65-meter-diameter radio telescope started Tuesday in Shanghai, an official from one of funders said Wednesday. The telescope, a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy, will be used in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes including Chinese astronomical projects like Chang'e lunar probe, YH-1 Mars exploration and other deep space explor ... more

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Cassini Spacecraft To Monitor North Pole On Titan


Blue Moon Rounds Out The Decade


Venus, Asteroids And Moon To Compete For Next New Frontiers Mission
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Boeing joins research in aviation biofuels

Airbus, A400M partners to meet in Berlin: ministry

Brazil air force favors Swedish fighter over Lula's pick: report

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

GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed In Florida

iTablet scavenger hunt raises Apple hackles

Change-2 Satellite's Camera Resolution Reaches One Meter

Spain to push for common European digital market

Walker's World: Welcome to The 10

Google says 'business as usual' in China

In India, Gates to promote US ties with 'global power'

Celebrations muted as Japan-US security pact turns 50

India Requests Boeing C-17s

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China To Launch Chang'e-2 Satellite At The End Of 2010

Cassini Team Showcase Saturn Moon Movies And Raw Images

Chandrayaan-II Will Use Advanced Technologies

Studying The Surface Of Titan

Avatar Moon Pandora Could Be Real

A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon Titan

A Blue Moon For New Year's Eve

Arianespace To Launch Gaia For European Space Agency

Earth's moon gets down to -416F

Sunglint Confirms Liquid In Titan Northern Lake District

Biosatellite To The Moon

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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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