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A Reusable Manned Deep - Space CraftBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 Almost a year after Launchspace contributing editors suggested an exploration vehicle that would take crews from low Earth orbit to many solar system destinations such as asteroids and lunar circumnavigation, NASA has come up with NAUTILUS-X, which stands for Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy US space eXploration. The suggested NASA version is a tubular-looking spacecraft that could serve as a reusable vehicle, holding a crew of six and enough supplies for a two-year expedit ... read more |
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  84 Teams To Compete In NASA Great Moonbuggy Race Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more | .. |
 A New View Of Moon NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science satellite. ... more | .. |
 Super Full Moon Mark your calendar. On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years. "The last full Moon so big ... more | .. |
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 LRO Delivers Treasure Trove Of Data NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science satellite. ... more | .. |
A 'Supermoon' Did Not Cause The Japanese Earthquake Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause the earthquake in Japan. Several scientists have posted articles online clarifying the topic, and all of them, in no uncertain terms, agree that the the upco ... more | .. |
 Goddard's Chief Scientist Talks About The 'Supermoon' Phenomenon Dr. James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, answers your questions about the 'supermoon' phenomenon. b>Question: What is the definition of a supermoon and why is ... more | .. |
 LRO Images Lunar Farside In Stunning Detail Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft (hence the Russian names for pr ... more |
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'Greenland moment': Macron urges Europe to invest in strategic sectors
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  Asteroid 2005 YU55 To Approach Earth Nov 8 2011 Near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar distances from the Earth on November 8, 2011. The upcoming close approach by this relatively large 400 meter-sized, C-type asteroid presents ... more | .. |
  Cassini Finds Enceladus Is A Powerhouse Heat output from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus is much greater than was previously thought possible, according to a new analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. T ... more | .. |
 Astrobotic's Mission To The Moon Releases Guide For Payload Developers Astrobotic Technology has released a new guide for researchers on preparation of their instruments for the company's robotic expedition to the surface of the Moon. The expedition, based on tec ... more | .. |
  What Future for Chang'e-2 China's Chang'e-2 lunar orbiter has spent most of its mission in relative obscurity. This mission lacks the historical significance of Chang'e-1, which was China's first mission to the Moon. It has ... more |
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 China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Chang'e-5 In 2017 China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more | .. |
 China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Change-5 In 2017 China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more | .. |
  India Space Budget Gets 35 Percent Hike The budget for India's space program has been increased by more than 30 pecent compared to last year's allocation with the human space flight and Chandrayaan-II gaining the lion's share. The H ... more | .. |
  Russia To Probe Major Planets Before 2023 Russia will launch probes to several planets and their satellites, Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said Thursday. The probes are expected to study the moon and the Martian satellite ... more |
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No fences needed: GPS collars show 'virtual fencing' is next frontier of livestock grazing
Pakistan's capital picks concrete over trees, angering residents
Chile's climate summit chief to lead plastic pollution treaty talks | .. |
 The Great Moonbuggy Race Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more | .. |
 Venus And Crescent Moon Pair Up At Dawn The brightest planet and the eerie waning crescent Moon will create an arresting sky scene low in the southeast in the early dawn of Monday, February 28th, and Tuesday, March 1st, 2011. "These ... more | .. |
 84 Student Teams Set to Roll At 18th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more | .. |
 Google Lunar X Prize Roster Reaches 29 Teams Today, the X PRIZE Foundation announced the official roster of 29 registered teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, an unprecedented competition to send a robot to the Moon that t ... more |
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 Cassini To Sample Magnetic Environment Around Titan NASA's Cassini spacecraft is set to skim close to Saturn's moon Titan on Friday, Feb. 18, to learn about the interaction between Titan and Saturn's magnetosphere, the magnetic bubble around the plan ... more | .. |
 Waiter, There's Metal In My Moon Water Bring a filter if you plan on drinking water from the moon. Water ice recently discovered in dust at the bottom of a crater near the moon's south pole is accompanied by metallic elements like mercur ... more | .. |
 Japan eyes humanoid robot mission in space Japan's space agency is planning a mission to send a humanoid robot to space so that it can communicate with people on Earth through Twitter, an agency official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  eSpace Seeks Entrepreneurial Space Companies For Incubator Program eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a non-profit business incubator and workforce development organization for aerospace start-up companies, has announced its third round call for new inc ... more |
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Engineered interface lifts perovskite solar cells toward market readiness
Flexible electronics reshape intelligent robot design
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 LRO Could Have Given Apollo 14 Crew Another Majestic View Although the Apollo 14 mission to the moon was filled with incredible sights and was completely successful - it met all its science goals - the crew experienced a bit of a disappointment at missing ... more | .. |
 Astrobotic Technology Annouces Lunar Mission On SpaceX Falcon 9 Astrobotic Technology has announced it has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch Astrobotic's robotic payload to the Moon on a Falcon 9. The expedition will search for water and deliver payloads, ... more | .. |
 Surprise Hidden In Titan's Smog: Cirrus-Like Clouds Every day is a bad-air day on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Blanketed by haze far worse than any smog belched out in Los Angeles, Beijing or even Sherlock Holmes's London, the moon looks like a dirt ... more | .. | |
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