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Surviving Lunar DangersSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2010 Space takes its toll on humans and equipment. Go into deep space, and the environment becomes even more hostile. Land on the Moon, and you're facing the most dangerous place humans have explored beyond our own world. Most gear that lands on the Moon is only designed to operate for short periods. Sometimes, it's just not worth keeping it functioning for a long time. In other cases, you just can't keep it running. The environment takes its toll. Today, there's nothing on the surface of the Moon that ... read more |
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 NASA to buy private moon data NASA has signed contracts with U.S. six teams competing to design, build and launch private moon probes to purchase their lunar data, agency officials say. The six teams are competing in the Goog ... more | .. |
  The Earth Is Not Round Some 50 years ago, when the first artificial satellite was launched, it was generally thought the Earth was spherical in shape. Of course, the existence of surface anomalies such as mountains, valle ... more | .. |
 NASA Awards Contracts For Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data NASA has awarded Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contracts to six companies for the purchase of technical data resulting from industry efforts to develop vehicle capabilities and demonst ... more | .. |
  China Eyes Extended Mission Beyond Moon The mysteries surrounding the mission of China's Chang'e 2 moon probe are gradually being solved. Prior to the launch, China was exceptionally shy about revealing many details of the mission, includ ... more | .. |
 NASA Thruster Test Aids Future Robotic Lander's Ability To Land Safely NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., collaborated with NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., and Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif., to successfu ... more |
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Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 07, 2010A chief designer with China's second lunar probe project has said that the country's lunar pursuit, while lagging behind Russia and the United States for more than 40 years, is still important because space exploration is part of the country's responsibility towards mankind. "The most fundamental task for human beings' space exploration is to research on human origins and find a way for ma ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 07, 2010Saturn's icy moon Enceladus should not be one of the most promising places in our solar system to look for extraterrestrial life. Instead, it should have frozen solid billions of years ago. Located in the frigid outer solar system, it's too far from the sun to have oceans of liquid water - a necessary ingredient for known forms of life - on its surface. Some worlds, like Mars or Jupiter's ... more 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2010For years, the official line on China's robot lunar program was a simple case of 1-2-3. There would be an orbiter (Chang'e 1) followed by a lander bearing a rover (Chang'e 2), and finally, a robot lander with a sample return rocket (Chang'e 3). Prior to late 2007, that was the plan regularly published in Chinese media sources. Shortly before the launch of Chang'e 1 in 2007, China's first l ... more |
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China Scouts Moon Landing SitesSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 04, 2010 China's second lunar mission, Chang'e 2, will perform several tasks during its flight. Some of these are purely scientific, aimed at helping us to understand the Moon and the space around it. One task is highly practical. China is using the spacecraft to scout landing sites for future Chinese Moon missions. China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e 1, made a complete map of the Moon. While this tells us a lot, it is not very useful as a guide to safely landing there. The resolution of the spacecr ... read more |
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