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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 22, 2010 NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars. Perched on a rippled Martian plain, a dark rock not much bigger than a basketball was the target of interest for Opportunity during the past two months. Dubbed "Marquette Island," the rock is providing a better understanding of the mineral and chemical makeup of the Martian interior. "Marque ... read more |
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NASA Revises Bdget For Displaying Retired Shuttles![]() NASA has issued a follow-up Request for Information, or RFI, for ideas from education institutions, science museums and other appropriate organizations about the community's ability to acquire and publicly display orbiters after the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program. The original RFI in December 2008 noted that a potential shuttle recipient would have to pay an estimated $42 million ... more GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed In Florida ![]() During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites also known as GOES-P is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first and second stages of the Delta IV rocket that will carry it into orbit, are being assembled on the launch pad. The GOES-P spacecraft is currently being processed at Astrotech Space Operat ... more Looking For Life In The Multiverse ![]() Is there anybody out there? In Alejandro Jenkins' case, the question refers not to whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but whether it exists in other universes outside of our own. While that might be a mind-blowing concept for the layperson to ponder, it's all in a day's work for Jenkins, a postdoctoral associate in theoretical high-energy physics at The Florida State University ... more |
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![]() China launches orbiter for navigation system: state media ![]() Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2009 Report ![]() ![]() Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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NASA Orbiter Listening For Phoenix Lander Hears Nothing![]() NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 overflights, listening for the Phoenix Mars Lander on Jan. 19 and 20, without hearing anything from the lander. Nineteen more listening overflights are planned this week, and additional attempts in February and March. The attempts are being made because of the unlikely scenario that Phoenix has survived Martian arctic winter conditions the space ... more Activities At Esrange Space Center 2010 ![]() The year of 2010 will be full of interesting space missions at Esrange Space Center - Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) operational facility for rocket and balloon launches, testing of new aerospace vehicles as well as control and operations of satellites. ... more Launch Dates Announced For Second-Gen Constellation Satellites ![]() Globalstar has announced that the first 90-day window to launch six Globalstar second-generation satellites will open on July 5, 2010. Globalstar plans to launch the new satellites during this time. The satellites will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan using the Soyuz launch vehicle. The human-rated Soyuz is used to ferry astronauts and cosmonauts to the International ... more |
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![]() Key Sensor Delivered To NPOESS Preparatory Project ![]() Four Years And Counting ![]() China's Mystery Spacelab |
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