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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 22, 2008To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. Phoenix is using its weather station, stereo camera and conductivity probe to monitor changes in the lower atmosphere and ground surface at the same time NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter studies ... more NASA Studies Earth's High Arctic For Evidence Of Life On Early Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Later this month, NASA's Spaceward Bound program will send a team of scientists and teachers to explore the permanently frozen landscape of Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. During the July 25 to Aug. 2, 2008, expedition, scientists will challenge their minds in an extreme polar research environment as they map icy structures and study microbes that live in the permafrost. ... more NASA in talks for Japanese spacecraft 
Chofu, Japan (UPI) Jul 20, 2008 NASA officials have begun negotiations to purchase a transfer spacecraft from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a Japanese newspaper reports. The Yomiuri Shimbun said Sunday the U.S. space agency wants to buy several H-2 Transfer Vehicles, a series of unmanned cargo craft, from its Japanese counterpart to eventually replace its own shuttle model. The current model of ... more Northrop Grumman's GPS OCX Team Completes CMMI Appraisal Method 
Reston VA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The Northrop Grumman Global Positioning System Next Generation Ground Control Segment (GPS OCX) team recently completed the Standard Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) software assessment, passing another significant milestone for the multi-billion dollar program and continuing Northrop Grumman's enterprise-wide audit successes. ... more XMM-Newton Discovery Of Nova V598 Pup 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 22, 2008On 9 October 2007 XMM-Newton discovered a new bright X-ray source as it slewed across the sky. Follow-up optical observations from ground identified the counterpart to be a nova, V598 Pup. The transient X-ray source was detected as part of the XMM-Newton Slew Survey. Data are recorded by the EPIC pn camera as the observatory slews between targeted observations. Comparing the slew data with ... more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Just when we thought that the plans for Shenzhou 7 were clearly defined, reportage in the Chinese media has complicated the situation. To be sure, the mission will still launch in October 2008 with three astronauts on board, and the first Chinese spacewalk will be conducted. But questions are again being raised about the spacesuits to be worn on the flight. This subject seemed to be neatly ... more Senators Urge FCC Not To Shut Down Satellite Communications For Navajo 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. has expressed gratitude to US Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico for their strong support for maintaining vital satellite communication services for the Navajo people, currently threatened with a July 22 shutdown unless the federal government steps in. "This shut off will affect the entire Nation including seven public safety ... more Scientists search for alien life forms 
Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2008 There has been resurgent interest among U.S. researchers to find alien life forms, scientists say. The Washington Post reported Sunday that there has been an explosion of interest in astrobiology, the search for extreme forms of life on Earth and for possibly similar life on other planets. Biogeologist Lisa Pratt of Indiana University is among scientists who study so-called ... more Mars Sample Return: Bridging Robotic And Human Exploration 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 22, 2008The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realisation with the recent publication of a mission design report by the iMARS Working Group. The report, defines key elements of the future internationally-funded mission involving the cooperation of ESA, NASA and other national agencies. iMARS, which stands for the International Mars ... more ILO Instrument On Odyssey Moon's Google Lunar X PRIZE Mission 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The world's first astronomical observatory bound for the Moon was announced as a joint venture between the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) and Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon Limited. A dual function ILO precursor instrument demonstrating observation and communication techniques will be part of the scientific and commercial payloads aboard Odyssey Moon's ... more |
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Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Jul 19, 2008 An Ohio State University Medical Center project contracted by NASA used cadavers to create technology for the Orion shuttle, space agency officials say. Dustin Gohmert, who designs seats for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said three human bodies were used to develop special suits and landing systems for the NASA spacecraft, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday. ... more IAU0806: Fourth Dwarf Planet Named Makemake 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Members of the International Astronomical Union's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) and the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) have decided to name the newest member of the plutoid family Makemake, and have classified it as the fourth dwarf planet in our Solar System and the third plutoid. Makemake (pronounced MAH-keh MAH-keh) is one of the largest ... more Russia mulls regular bomber flights to Cuba: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 21, 2008Russia may start regular flights by long-range bombers to Cuba in response to US plans to build missile defence sites in Eastern Europe, the newspaper Izvestia reported Monday, quoting an official. "Such discussions exist," the unidentified senior Russian air force official was quoted as saying, adding that the measure would be a response to the United States "deploying missile defence systems ... more Poland and US 'closer' to missile deal: foreign minister 
Warsaw (AFP) July 21, 2008The United States and Poland are "closer" to a deal on a proposed US missile shield to be housed in Poland, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Monday after talks with a top US official. "It was a good meeting, bringing the positions of Poland and the United States closer on the subject of the anti-missile shield," said Sikorski, after meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for ... more Pre-Design Of Laser Weapon Control System Completed 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Boeing has successfully completed the preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program. Boeing performed the work under the HEL TD Phase I contract it was awarded last year to design a beam control system for a truck-mounted laser weapon system. The objective of the HEL TD program is to demonstrate that a ... more
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