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 Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 5, 2009 
The first joint Chinese-Russian mission to Mars is set to take off in October and reach the red planet in August 2010, an exploration project designer said.
A Russian Zenit rocket will launch a Chinese Yinghuo-1 satellite and a Russian Phobos-Grunt unmanned lander, Chen Changya, chief designer of the China-Russia Mars exploration project, told Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper. ... read more 
Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2009The accompanying satellite of Shenzhou-7 orbital module has accomplished its preset mission after 100 days in space, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said on Sunday. This achievement marks China's "preliminary mastery of satellite monitor technology," the center said. Since there are still some extra fuel left, the satellite will continue its flight for more scientific experimen ... more
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2009Astronomers have turned to an unexpected place to study the evolution of planets - dead stars. Observations made with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal six dead "white dwarf" stars littered with the remains of shredded asteroids. This might sound pretty bleak, but it turns out the chewed-up asteroids are teaching astronomers about the building materials of planets around other stars. ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009If aliens from another planet sent a probe to Earth in search of life, their most promising target would be the tropics, where the greatest density and diversity of life are found. But on other nearby worlds, planets and moons within reach of present-day spacecraft, tropics are hard to come by. Most likely, if we find life elsewhere in our solar system, we'll find it in ice. That view is w ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2009In the early part of the 20th Century, Carnegie astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding. The rate of expansion is known as the Hubble constant. Its precise value has been hotly debated for all of the 80 intervening years. The value of the Hubble constant is a key ingredient in determining the age and size of the universe. In 2001, as part of the Hubble Space Teles ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2009History has shown that timing is important. In this case, the new Obama administration has a unique and historic opportunity to address the many national security space issues simultaneously. In recent years multiple commissions and panels have reviewed the shortcomings of national security space management, organization, acquisition and performance. The latest US congressionally mandated ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 4, 2009The US space agency's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity this month mark their fifth anniversary on the Red Planet, where they have endured harsh conditions and revealed a deluge of information. The twin robots, which landed on Mars three weeks apart in January 2004, were initially expected to have just 90-day missions, but have since sent back to Earth a quarter-million images, toured mount ... more 
Shillong (PTI) Jan 05, 2009Scientists can now extend the duration of India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I beyond its planned two-year period. The precise launch and lunar orbit insertion of Chandrayaan-I has given space scientists the leverage to extend the mission life of the spacecraft orbiting the moon at an altitude of 100 km. "The spacecraft has about 183 kg fuel onboard and we are looking at a two-y ... more 
Washington (XNA) Jan 05, 2009Mars probe has extended mankind's endless dream of exploring the mysterious universe five years after NASA's rover Spirit landed safely on the planet Mars. The Spirit reached Mars on Jan. 3, 2004, followed by its twin Opportunity three weeks later. Though the duo was expected to work for only three months, they have already functioned five years and may make bigger achievements in the futu ... more |
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