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A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon TitanBonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 22, 2009 There are more and more signs that lakes exist on Saturn's moon Titan, filled with liquid hydrocarbons. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center have made another important discovery. With a spectrometer onboard the planetary space probe Cassini, they found glints that have their origin in reflections of the Sun's radiation from the surface of a large lake near Titan's North Pole. "We are confident that these reflections come from a standing body of liquid," Dr Katrin Stephan and Prof Ralf Jaumann from DLR's Institute of Planetary Exploration jointly explain. ... read more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2009NASA today transferred management of all operations for the Kepler Mission from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., to NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. JPL managed the mission through development, launch and the start of science operations. The spacecraft was launched March 6, 2009 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. James Fanson, the JPL ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 22, 2009Avanti Communications Group has chosen Arianespace to launch its HYLAS 2 communications satellite. The HYLAS 2 satellite will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit in the first half of 2012 by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher operating at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. It is the second Avanti satellite to be launched by Arianespace. HYLAS 2 will be ... more  
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States blasted off early Monday morning amid harsh weather conditions for a Christmas voyage to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket blasted off on schedule from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in the barren Kazakh steppe at 3:52am carrying Soichi Noguchi of Japan, US astronaut Timothy Creamer and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. Rain and sleet blanketed the site in a thick layer of ice, weather conditions which created a breathtaking backdrop for the launch. ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009An innovative method for joining composite structures implemented by Northrop Grumman has passed a series of intensive structural tests, paving the way for the use of composites in future spacecraft. "This is a major step forward for the use of composites in future missions," said Gene Fraser, vice president of Advanced Programs and Technology for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "Our ... more 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States blast off to the International Space Station on Monday, bringing with them promises of 'space sushi' and 'tweets' from the cosmos. The astronauts will lift off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 4:00 am (2200 GMT Sunday) from Russia's historic Baikonur cosmodrome on the Kazakh steppe, the same location from which Yuri Gagarin first rocketed ... more 
Dulles VA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009Orbital Sciences been awarded a Phase 2 contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the final design for "System F6" (Future Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft). The Phase 2 award to Orbital came as a result of a down-select by DARPA from among several companies that participated in the program's Phase 1 study contracts in 2008 and 2009. ... more |
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