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 Washington (AFP) May 21, 2009 
NASA on Thursday said it was on target for a June mission to scour the Moon's surface for landing sites and water that would allow humans to work and even live on Earth's nearest neighbor. The space agency hopes to launch a dual craft in June, part of which would survey the Moon's surface from orbit while another unit ploughs into the lunar surface in search for water. "We had the or ... read more 
Houston, Texas (AFP) May 21, 2009Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis faced a stormy weather outlook as they began preparations Thursday to bring a successful mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope to an end. There were landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday at 1400 GMT and 1539 GMT. On Wednesday, mission managers instructed the shuttle's seven astronauts to conserve electricit ... more
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Washington (AFP) May 21, 2009It was a toast a bit like no other when astronauts on the International Space Station drank to their health for the first time with water recycled from urine, NASA said. "NASA's Mission Control gave the Expedition 19 astronauts aboard the International Space Station a 'go' to drink water that the station's new recycling system has purified" from urine, NASA said in a statement received Thurs ... more 
Washiongton DC (SPX) May 22, 2009NASA's return to the moon will get a boost in June with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor. On Thursday, the agency outlined the upcoming missions of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS. The spacecraft will launch together June 17 aboard an Atlas V rocket from ... more  
Ithaca NY (SPX) May 22, 2009After thoroughly investigating Victoria Crater on Mars for two years, the instruments aboard the Rover Opportunity reveal more evidence of our neighboring red planet's windy, wet and wild past. The overview of the findings - compiled in one source - is published in the latest issue of the journal Science (May 22, 2009). Opportunity's two-year exploration of Victoria Crater - a half-mile ... more  
Laurel MD (SPX) May 22, 2009Things are going well out in the cold space between Saturn and Uranus where New Horizons is now. We're deep in planning for our spacecraft's annual checkout this summer, which begins on July 7. But that's not what I want to write about today: instead, it's something called EPDR. Despite still being more than six years and just over 18 astronomical units from the Pluto system, the New Horiz ... more |
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Industrial TOPCon silicon cell sets new efficiency benchmarkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic industry, and tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures are rapidly gaining market share because they offer strong perf ... more  
Hybrid perovskite device taps power from sun and rainLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A team from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Seville, has developed a hybrid energy harvesting device that ... more 
Defect networks boost performance of next generation perovskite solar cellsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution processed lead halide perovskites continue to defy expectations as highly efficient solar cell materials, with performance now approaching ... more
  
US fusion report urges new diagnostics for commercial plasma powerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists must monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties such as temperature and density that influence fusion reactions. This work depend ... more 
US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2026 A national strategy for research on liquid metals in fusion energy systems is taking shape in the United States following a two day meeting at the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab ... more 
Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaustLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Scientists using advanced computer models have solved a long-standing puzzle about how hot plasma exhaust behaves inside tokamak fusion devices, a finding that could help future reactors withstand d ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2009The House Committee on Science and Technology has held the first congressional hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request since the release of the president's detailed budget plan on May 7th. NASA's proposed budget for FY10 is $18.7 billion, an increase of 5.1% over the enacted FY 09 appropriation for NASA. The proposed budget plan for NASA beyond FY 10 is essentially flat funding ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) May 21, 2009ESA has presented the six individuals who will become Europe's new astronauts. The new recruits will join the European Astronaut Corps and start their training to prepare for future missions to the International Space Station, and beyond. The new astronauts are:1. Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian 2. Alexander Gerst, German 3. Andreas Mogensen, Danish 4. Luca Parmitano, Italian ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) May 21, 2009Unlike other Space Flight Simulation studies which mimic micro gravity by placing subjects in a bed with their heads inclined six degrees lower than their feet, The Lunar Analog study is a 9.5 degree head up study. Physics determines the 9.5 degrees incline - at this angle, the gravity force through the subject's legs along the long axis is 1/6th of the subject's body weight. The stu ... more  
Boulder CO (SPX) May 21, 2009NASA-funded study indicates that an intense asteroid bombardment nearly 4 billion years ago may not have sterilized the early Earth as completely as previously thought. The asteroids, some the size of Kansas, possibly even provided a boost for early life. The study focused on a particularly cataclysmic occurrence known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, or LHB. This event occurred approximatel ... more |
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