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Communications with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, relaying data from the Phoenix Mars Lander to Earth, were restored after a slight glitch that delayed the mission of the lander for one day. Thus, on Wednesday mission controllers gave Phoenix the 'go ahead' to unfold the 2.4 meter long robotic arm it wil... |
29 May 2008
03:01 GMT |
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The United States, Russia, India, Japan and China have all announced plans to send astronauts back to the Moon around 2020. India's space agency, although lacking the level of funding found in the US and Japan, has an ambitious plan for the next decade.In a statement made this spring by India's then presid... |
30 July 2007
08:23 GMT |
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Landing at high enough speeds on sandy planets could sink the landing module deep in the sand layer, just like a rock diving into a pool. This is the conclusion of a new study that considered the problem of sand on other planets and how that could affect future manned missions to the Moon and Mars.Both Mars and the M... |
4 July 2007
10:59 GMT |
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China presented on Saturday, at a China-United Kingdom space technology seminar at the Shanghai Aerospace System Engineering Institute, the prototype of a lunar rover that will hopefully be chosen for their first landing on the moon, to take place in 2012 . The country's lunar ambitions are set out in the "Chan... |
2 April 2007
05:51 GMT |
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