NASA's lunar reconnaissance orbiter begins detailed mapping of moon's south poleSeptember 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit of the moon's south pole. The spacecraft already has made significant progress toward creating the most detailed atlas of the moon's south pole to date.
Moon's craters could be coldest spot in solar systemSeptember 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The shadowy craters of the moon's south pole could be the coldest spot in the solar system, NASA scientists said Thursday. NASA scientists announced the first data sent back to Earth from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a satellite that will spend the next year making the most detailed maps yet of the moon's surface to prepare for man's eventual return.
Forget Pluto, NASA probe finds darkest parts of moon are coldest places in the solar systemSeptember 17th, 2009 Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearbyWASHINGTON — Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby.
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.
NASA: Aussie amateur astronomer spots Earth-sized scar on Jupiter, likely from comet crashJuly 21st, 2009 Aussie stargazer spots scar from Jupiter collisionLOS ANGELES — An amateur stargazer in Australia spotted an Earth-sized gash on Jupiter, possibly caused by a collision with a comet, NASA scientists say. Using an infrared telescope on Hawaii, NASA scientists found evidence that Jupiter was apparently struck in recent days near its south pole.
New NASA images show scar on Jupiter apparently made by impact of space objectJuly 21st, 2009 NASA images show Jupiter apparently hit by objectPASADENA, Calif. — Astronomers say Jupiter has apparently been struck by an object, possibly a comet.
Jupiter possibly hit by object, NASA saysJuly 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Jupiter appears to have again been hit by a speeding celestial object that left a giant dark scar in the giant gaseous planet's atmosphere, NASA astronomers said. The US space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory received a tip early Monday from Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley who had spied the spot near the planet's south pole.
Lunar science probe sends back moon shots less than week after launch, another orbiting moonJune 24th, 2009 NASA's new moon probe sends back moon shotsCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's new lunar probe launched less than a week ago has already sent back some shots of the moon.
NASA's lunar map sheds new light on Moon's darkest cratersJune 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA scientists have created a new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the Moon's rugged south polar region, which provides new information on some of out natural satellite's darkest craters. The map was created by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, who collected the data using the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar located in California's Mojave Desert.
With space shuttle launch on hold, NASA unmanned moon rocket aims for Thursday liftoffJune 17th, 2009 NASA aims for unmanned moon rocket launch ThursdayWASHINGTON — NASA plans to launch an unmanned rocket to the moon Thursday, the first such mission in a decade. The space agency announced plans for the Cape Canaveral launch Wednesday after deciding to postpone a space shuttle mission because of a hydrogen gas leak.
NASA will try to launch space shuttle Wednesday, bumps unmanned moon shot by at least 1 dayJune 15th, 2009 NASA will try to launch space shuttle WednesdayCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA will try to launch space shuttle Endeavour again Wednesday, after repairing a hydrogen gas leak that thwarted the first attempt.
Repairs completed, everything looking positive for Wednesday launch of space shuttleJune 15th, 2009 Signs good for Wednesday launch of space shuttleCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Signs are good for a space shuttle launch early Wednesday.
Kendra Wilkinson uses stripper pole for exercisingApril 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - One of Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend on reality TV show 'The Girls Next Door', Kendra Wilkinson, has revealed that even though she will no longer pose nude, she still uses the stripper pole. Wilkinson, 23, said that out of respect for her fiancé Hank Baskett, she is not going to be posing as she once did in Playboy.
Shadows of Saturn's moons onto its rings signal approach of equinoxMarch 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Images taken by the cameras of NASA's Cassini spacecraft have captured, for the first time, the shadows of Saturn's moons cast onto its broad expanse of rings, which signals the approach of a phase known as equinox. Like Earth and most of the other planets, Saturn's spin axis is tilted relative to its motion around the Sun.
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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