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January 26, 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 radiation shielding properties of various building materials in space. CRESSE scientists and students ... 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 evalu ... read more

Concordia Calling

'Space Tourists' highlighted in Sundance film

Swiss pilots aim to circle world in a solar-powered plane

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IceBite Blog: Living In A Freezer

Spirit Struggles While Opportunity Rocks

Rover Gives NASA An 'Opportunity' To View Interior Of Mars

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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

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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

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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

Space Systems Loral To Supply Lunar Mission Propulsion System
Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2010
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications (Nasdaq:LORL) and the leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced that it has been selected to provide a propulsion system to NASA Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft. The contract demonstrates NASA's success in leveraging the capability of commerci ... more

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India Aims For Chandrayaan-II Lunar Mission In 2013


Lava tube could house moon colony


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'Magic Wand' probed in Iraq

Oshkosh Researches Stronger Ands Lighter Metals

BAE Systems unveils new howitzer

Russia denies fleet boost over US Poland missile plan

Kuwait Air Defense Forces Conduct Patriot Test Firings

US to deploy defensive missiles on Russia's doorstep

Pentagon gives OK for Taiwan missile deal: official

UK Awards Javelin Missile Deal TO JV

Raytheon wins $1.1B missile deal

Arms trade plagued by corruption

Japan PM says anti-US base vote 'will of the people'

Japanese residents elect mayor opposing US base

S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid

Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors

Cockroaches Offer Inspiration For Running Robots

HIV infections emerge long after China blood scandal: report

WHO attend key European hearing on flu pandemic

Gorillas carry malarial parasite

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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 $650 million mission that would launch before 2019. The MoonRise lander, unmanned and robotic ... read more


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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