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Sandtrapped Rover Makes A Big DiscoveryHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 04, 2009 Homer's Iliad tells the story of Troy, a city besieged by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Today, a lone robot sits besieged in the sands of Troy while engineers and scientists plot its escape. Welcome to "Troy" - Mars style. NASA's robotic rover Spirit is bogged down on the Red Planet in a place the rover team named after the ancient city. So why aren't scientists lamenting? "The rover's spinning wheels have broken through a crust, and we've found something supremely interesting in the disturbed soil," says Ray Arvidson of the Washington University in St. Louis. ... read more |
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Houston (UPI) Dec 3, 2009 NASA says it's offering U.S. community and junior college students an opportunity to participate in a pilot, semester-long scholars program. Students who apply and are chosen for the National Community College Aerospace Scholars program will interact with NASA engineers and each other as they learn more about careers in science and engineering. The program will culminate in a three-day ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars. The new research focused on investigating alternate proposals for the creation of materials thought to be signs of ancient life found in the meteorite. The new study argues that ... more  
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA will provide television and Internet coverage of prelaunch activities and launch. After launch, WISE will scan the entire sky in infrared light with a sensitivity ... more |
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  Four "Butterflynauts" Emerge On ISS  Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby   Dawn Enters The Asteroid Belt |
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Auckland NZ (NZPA) Dec 03, 2009The battery powering a lost New Zealand rocket's connection to its tracking satellite died about 2pm today, its owner says. A fisherman yesterday found the first stage booster from Atea-1, the first rocket from New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab, which was launched from Great Mercury Island off the Coromandel Peninsula on Monday afternoon. But the 2kg payload and the flight computer, both of which could have valuable data about the flight, has yet to be recovered. ... more 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Arianespace's wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its liftoff next week with France's Helios 2B military observation satellite. This seventh launch of the year is set for 1:26 p.m. on December 9 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, with its payload to be injected into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit during a mission lasting 59 min., 23 sec. Helios 2B will ... more 
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2009As the International Space Station's smaller, two-person, Expedition 22 crew enjoyed its first full day alone in orbit, Mission Control monitored a small piece of space junk until tracking updates showed it would not come close enough to require precautions. At 11:25 a.m. EST, Flight Director Dana Weigel decided not to awaken the crew based on the latest tracking data on the piece of a ... more |
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 NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology   Chang'e-1 Has Blazed A New Trail In China's Deep Space Exploration  Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk Lands On Earth |
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