'Sailing spacecraft' may be used to keep watch on Earth's polar regionsSeptember 10th, 2009 LONDON - If engineers have their way, Earth's polar regions would soon have watchmen, in the form of 'sailing' spacecrafts poised above the planet, relaying vital data on polar climate change or solar storms. "Solar sailing" has long been a dream for space engineers, who have envisaged craft exploring the depths of the solar system, propelled only by light.
NASA selects spot where it will search for water on the moonSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA has selected the target crater where its LCROSS spacecraft will search for water on the moon. The announcement of the target location where the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and its spent Centaur rocket will hit in October, will be made on Friday, September 11, in the main auditorium, Building N201, of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
India's Chandrayaan-1 and NASA join hands to search for water on the moonAugust 26th, 2009 LONDON - A joint collaboration between India's Chandrayaan-1 and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which are orbiting the moon, could turn up evidence for valuable lunar water. Some scientists suspect water ice, which would be a precious resource for future explorers, may be trapped in permanently shadowed craters at the moon's poles.
Nitish Kumar excited about solar eclipse at TareganaJuly 20th, 2009 PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is upbeat about watching the total solar eclipse Wednesday along with scientists from across the world at Taregana village, one of the best places in India to view the celestial spectacle. "I am really upbeat to watch the total solar eclipse along with astro-physicists, scientists and researchers ...
Ulysses spacecraft ends 18-year exploration of space above sun's polesJuly 1st, 2009 Ulysses probe ends 18-year study of heliospherePASADENA, Calif. — The U.S.
NASA and NOAA'S GOES-O satellite launched successfullyJune 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The latest Geo-stationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space Saturday after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The GOES-O spacecraft lifted off at 6:51 p.m.
Search begins for Earth-sized planets around other starsJune 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, US, is partnering on a historic search for Earth-sized planets around other stars. STScI is the data archive center for NASA's Kepler mission, a spacecraft that is undertaking a survey for Earth-size planets in our region of the galaxy.
NASA spacecraft detects ultra fast hydrogen coming from MoonJune 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the Moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their existence. During spacecraft commissioning, the IBEX team turned on the IBEX-Hi instrument, built primarily by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which measures atoms with speeds from about half a million to 2.5 million miles per hour.
Running on empty: NASA may limit future deep space exploration because of nuke fuel shortageMay 8th, 2009 Fuel for deep space exploration running on emptyWASHINGTON — NASA is running out of nuclear fuel needed for its deep space exploration. The end of the Cold War's nuclear weapons buildup means that the U.S.
NASA's online game lets you peer through the James Webb Space TelescopeApril 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA has developed a flash on-line game about telescopes, featuring its next-generation spacecraft, the James Webb Space Telescope. The game, called "Scope it Out!" includes an introduction to telescopes and four matching games where you can compare simple telescopes to both Webb and the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA spacecraft provides scientists with 3D view of powerful solar explosionsApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with their first view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect Earth.
NASA spacecraft unravels anatomy of solar tsunami in 3DApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A NASA spacecraft provided scientists with their very first view of the speed, trajectory and three-dimensional shape of powerful detonations from the sun known as coronal mass ejections (CME). This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect the Earth.
NASA twin spacecraft may reveal how our moon was bornApril 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two identical NASA spacecraft are preparing to enter a point in the universe that may eventually answer the question of how our moon originated. The spacecraft duet, called Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or Stereo, are nearing a zone known as the Lagrangian points.
NASA's Fermi Telescope obtains best ever view of gamma rays in spaceMarch 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Astronomers have developed a new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Telescope to obtain the best-ever view of gamma rays in space. To Fermi's eyes, the universe is ablaze with gamma rays from sources ranging from within the solar system to galaxies billions of light-years away.
NASA, Europeans plan new missions to Jupiter, SaturnFebruary 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US space agency NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) would conduct missions to Jupiter, Saturn and many moons that circle the planets, the agencies announced. The missions include sending multiple spacecraft to the Jupiter and Saturn systems to explore the planets and their unique satellites, such as Jupiter's ice-covered Europa and Saturn's shrouded moon Titan.
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