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![]() Washington (AFP) Aug 8, 2012 NASA rover Curiosity's second day on Mars went "flawlessly," NASA said Wednesday, confirming the antennas, communication links and generator on the $2.5 billion robot are all working well. "We feel very confident we have a lot of data capacity now, that we have all these links, and that was one of the major objectives of that first part of the mission," mission manager Jennifer Trosper told reporters at a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. She added that a ... read more |
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![]() Wayward Satellites to Orbit for Months - Space Source Russia's Briz-M booster, which failed to put two satellites into their target orbit, is likely to keep flying in space for up to five months before sinking into the thicker layers of the atmosphere, ... more | .. |
![]() The Spaceport moves into action for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission to orbit two Galileo satellites The first of two Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) navigation satellites for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission from the Spaceport has arrived in French Guiana, stepping up the activity involving this ... more | .. |
![]() First 360-Degree Panorama From Nasa'S Curiosity Mars Rover Remarkable image sets from NASA's Curiosity rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are continuing to develop the story of Curiosity's landing and first days on Mars. The images from Curiosity's ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Engineering Team Develops Chip for Mars Rover NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity would have a hard time completing its mission if it were not for a successful partnership between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a professor-student ... more | .. |
![]() Orbiter Images NASA's Latest Additions To Martian Landscape Late Monday night, an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the Curiosity rover and the components that helped ... more | .. |
![]() Space shuttle Endeavour to arrive in LA in Sept The US space shuttle Endeavour will arrive in Los Angeles next month before making its way across the city in October to its new home at the California Science Center, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() New US website lets 'crowd' fund college grad startups A former Google executive on Wednesday opened an online venue where college graduates with dreams of starting companies can be matched with investors and mentors. ... more |
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![]() Space Apps Company Seeking Crowd Funds For Space Exploration, Research, and Education Uwingu LLC, a space-themed, for profit start up, is seeking crowd-sourced funding to launch an ongoing series of public engagement projects. Uwingu's mission is to use proceeds from those projects ... more | .. |
![]() A New Martian Landscape Comes Alive With Curiosity This picture of the Martian landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover puts a color view obtained by the rover in the context of a computer simulation derived from images acquired from orbiting spacecra ... more | .. |
![]() Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch of Intelsat 21 The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., for the equator, in preparation for the launch of the Intelsat 21 satellite. Liftoff is planned for 23:56 Pacific Day ... more | .. |
![]() Curiosity ready to rove Mars Almost nine months after it was launched, Curiosity, NASA's latest rover, landed safely in the Gale Crater of Mars in the wee hours of August 6 CDT. The last seven minutes were particularly dramatic ... more |
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![]() Curiosity Safely on Mars! Health Checks Begin With Curiosity now safely on the surface of the Red Planet after last night's spectacular entry, descent and landing in Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory begins its planned primary one-Mar ... more | .. |
![]() New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing its Descent A few hours after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, a select group of images taken by the onboard Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, were beamed back to Earth. The 297 color, low-resolution images, ... more | .. |
![]() Mission Success for MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Mission success for the MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Suite. When the Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet Aug. 6 at 12:32 p.m. CDT, NASA MEDLI researchers were alread ... more | .. |
![]() NASA shows first 'crime scene' photo of Mars landing About 36 hours after NASA landed its $2.5 billion rover on Mars, it released Tuesday what it jokingly dubbed a "crime scene" aerial shot of where the parachute, heat shield and vehicle came down. ... more |
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![]() Mars Science Lab Presents Mount Sharp This image taken by NASA's Curiosity shows what lies ahead for the rover - its main science target, Mount Sharp. The rover's shadow can be seen in the foreground, and the dark bands beyond are dunes ... more | .. |
![]() Curiosity Safely on Mars! Health Checks Begin With Curiosity now safely on the surface of the Red Planet after last night's spectacular entry, descent and landing in Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory begins its planned primary one-Mar ... more | .. |
![]() Proton Launch Failure Russia left two communications satellites, the Indonesian Telkom 3 and its own Express-MD2, stranded in the wrong orbit after a perfect lift off for a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket. Launch at 19:31 UTC was ... more | .. |
![]() e2v To Supply Large CMOS Imaging Sensors For Imaging Kuiper Belt Objects TAOS II will measure the size distribution of small objects (~1 km diameter) at the edge of our solar system in the Kuiper Belt and beyond. These objects are of scientific interest because the ... more |
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![]() ESA spacecraft records crucial NASA signals from Mars This morning at 7:14 CEST, ESA's Mars Express acquired signals from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory as it delivered the car-sized Curiosity rover onto the Red planet's surface. ESA's New Norcia track ... more | .. |
![]() China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more | .. |
![]() NASA, Louisiana Officials Renew Partnership With National Center For Advanced Manufacturing NASA and Louisiana leaders Thursday committed to a five-year extension of their partnership in the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM). NCAM is a principal NASA resource in Louisiana t ... more | .. |
![]() Five Potential Habitable Exoplanets Now New data suggests the confirmation of the exoplanet Gliese 581g and the best candidate so far of a potential habitable exoplanet. The nearby star Gliese 581 is well known for having four planets wit ... more |
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![]() Testing at Goddard: 'The Chamber of Horrors' With pipe-covered ceilings three stories high, catwalks lining the walls, and wires covering every surface, the Environmental Test Engineering and Integration facility-affectionately nicknamed the " ... more | .. |
![]() NASA's Mars rover sends back stunning pictures After its first day on Mars, NASA's rover Monday sent back to Earth stunning images of its crater landing site and the mountain it aims to climb in the hunt for signs of life. ... more | .. |
![]() NASA lands rover on Mars to seek signs of life NASA opened a new chapter in the history of interplanetary exploration on Monday when its $2.5 billion nuclear-powered robot Curiosity beamed back pictures from the surface of Mars. ... more | .. |
![]() 'Enormous step forward' as NASA lands rover on Mars NASA has successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, breaking new ground in US-led exploration of an alien world. ... more |
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![]() Next on Mars: 400 scientists on an alien road trip Imagine taking 400 scientists on an alien road trip where each one wants to examine every interesting rock along the way. Welcome to the next two years of NASA's landmark robotic mission on Mars. ... more | .. |
![]() Joy after seven minutes of terror at NASA lab After years of hard work and seven minutes of terror, workers of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory here let out their tears of joy. ... more | .. |
![]() The Astrobiology Analytical Lab at Goddard When Daniel Glavin isn't designing a chemistry experiment to run from millions of miles away, he's a researcher in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gre ... more | .. |
![]() JPL Infographics Site Wants You and Your Creativity JPL Infographics, a newly launched website and resource database from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is inviting space aficionados and graphic wizards to take on a visual challe ... more |
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