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Officials at the Littleton, Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Corporation have recently announced that the propellant tank for NASA's upcoming Mars-bound orbiter has just been integrated with the rest of the spacecraft platform.
The company is the main contractor on this project, which is being managed by the NAS... |
17 April 2012
04:37 GMT |
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The star-tracking instrument aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express orbiter has been disabled by the massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection produced by the Sun over the past couple of days. Experts are hopeful that they will be able to bring the device back online soon.
The damage was mo... |
9 March 2012
03:38 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California announce that the Juno spacecraft has just completed a new course-correction maneuver. This will place it on a more efficient trajectory towards Jupiter, its final destination. The maneuver began at 10:10 am PST (1810 GMT) on February 1,... |
3 February 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Between 0133 and 1730 UTC tomorrow, December 10, the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be monitoring the last lunar eclipse to occur in 2011. The spacecraft will get an excellent view of the event, since it orbits only 31 miles (nearly 50 kilometers) above its surface.
One of the most important things re... |
9 December 2011
06:00 GMT |
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Recent studies trying to establish what exactly tilted Uranus's orbit to a 98-degree angle have reawaken a great deal of interest in the ice giant. Now, experts are proposing a new mission to the celestial body, in hopes of unlocking more of its many mysteries.
The idea is not new. Many such missions were pr... |
13 October 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Lockheed Martin engineering teams working on the NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft announce that the primary structure has already been completed. The teams are now ready to move on to the next step in the assembly phase of the project. This remarkable milestone was achieved on schedule, ... |
27 September 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the first of the two ARTEMIS spacecraft that have been traveling towards the Moon for more than a year has finally entered lunar orbit successfully.The mission acronym stands for Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interac... |
29 June 2011
03:57 GMT |
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As amateur and professional skywatchers and astronomers around the world are preparing to observe tomorrow night' long-duration lunar eclipse, NASA too is gearing up for its own observations session. It will be using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) for the job. The spacecraft has been in orbit around the ... |
14 June 2011
11:05 GMT |
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Spring has come at the Martian south pole, experts with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce. They say that their Mars Express orbiter has recently snapped some images of the region, which confirm that spring has indeed made its way into those frigid regions as well. The goal of the scientific campaign conducted ... |
7 June 2011
08:45 GMT |
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Engineers at the Denver, Colorado-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems say that the twin GRAIL spacecraft NASA contracted them to build have finished testing, and are now ready for shipment. The two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes are headed for the Moon. They will be launched on September 8, 2... |
20 May 2011
09:52 GMT |
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NASA scientists were able to insert the first spacecraft ever into orbit around Mercury, after the probe spent more than 6 years traveling through the inner solar system. MESSENGER achieved the critical mission milestone on Thursday, March 17.During the maneuver, the vehicle had to slow its speed down by about 1,900 ... |
18 March 2011
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Scientists operating a NASA spacecraft in lunar orbit announced that they managed to snap new pictures of what appears to be an opening in an ancient lava tube on the surface of the natural satellite.The opening reveals a pitch-black pit underneath, that may run a good distance underneath the lunar surface. The new i... |
9 February 2011
10:37 GMT |
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Our planet and Mars are about to enter a type of alignment called a solar conjunction, which means that the two space bodies are located on the same line as the Sun, with the Red Planet passing behind the star. This event will last for a little more than two weeks. While this type of alignment has no ill effects on E... |
24 January 2011
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Scientists in charge of operating Opportunity, one of the two components of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission, say that they will need to let the spacecraft conduct operations on its own for 16 days, due to planetary alignment issues that will cut off contact between Earth and the Red Planet.This is not somet... |
21 January 2011
03:04 GMT |
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the full-scale version of the upcoming Mercury mapper BepiColombo has just been tested at the agency's Large Space Simulator (LSS), the only facility in the world capable of reproducing Mercury's conditions at such a large scale. ESA will lead the... |
18 January 2011
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Last month, as a Venus-bound spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was attempting to achieve orbital insertion around our neighboring planet, a faulty engine valve caused the mission to fail. Now, JAXA officials say there may still be hope for the malfunctioning probe. After the original shock a... |
6 January 2011
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According to the People's Daily newspaper, it would appear that the China National Space Administration (CNSA) wants to launch its first Mars-bound spacecraft in October 2011, in cooperation with the Russian Federation.If the plan materializes, it will be the first orbiter that China sends to the Red P... |
3 January 2011
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Space analysts in Japan believe that the nation's space agency may need to rethink its long-term space strategy and ambitions, following last week's failure to put a spacecraft in Venusian orbit.
This is the second of two probes to miss its target, after the spacecraft Nozomi swung past Mars in... |
18 December 2010
04:25 GMT |
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From its perch 241 kilometers (150 miles) above the surface of the planet, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is helping mission controllers decide where to point the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity first. The robot is trying to reach the distant Endeavor crater. Obtaining as many clues about past Martian... |
17 December 2010
02:57 GMT |
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NASA is proud to announce that the Mars Odyssey orbiter, which launched in 2001, is currently the new record-holder for the longest-duration mission around Mars, exceeding the record set by the agency's Mars Global Surveyor mission.The latter functioned around the Red Planet from 1997 to 2006, but the mission ev... |
16 December 2010
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If the Mars Odyssey orbiter NASA operated around the Red Planet manages to survive until next week – and there are absolutely no reasons to believe that it will not – the spacecraft will become the most extensive mission carried out around our neighboring planet. The record is currently held by the NASA M... |
10 December 2010
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According to officials at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Venus-bound orbiter the organization launched earlier this year swung past the planet on Monday, but failed to achieve orbital insertion.As such, the probe is now traveling through space without a clear target. Experts calculate that it w... |
8 December 2010
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Official announcements from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and various news outlets are reporting that the Venus orbiter Akatsuki had a major malfunction during maneuvers to enter orbit around its target.
At this point, the very fate of the mission is uncertain, experts managing the spacecraft s... |
7 December 2010
09:53 GMT |
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On May 21, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its Akatsuki space probe, which is to become the first ever weather satellite around another planet. The spacecraft arrived at Venus, its primary target, on Monday, December 6.According to mission controllers, the event took place at ar... |
7 December 2010
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A group of investigators has recently demonstrated that nearly all evidence of the fact that the twin Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity has been deleted from the surface of the planet. Unlike the Moon, tracks left here can easily be destroyed by winds and sand storms.
This is not only possible, but also very ... |
4 December 2010
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Officials with the Intrepid Sea-Air and Space Museum are currently going out of their way to secure one of the three remaining space shuttles for the institution. They say that New York City deserves a shuttle all by itself.The American space agency is currently planning to retire its three-orbiter fleet in mid-... |
24 November 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced yesterday, October 21, that Littleton, Colorado-based United Launch Services, LLC (ULS) will be responsible for launching the upcoming MAVEN mission to the Red Planet. The flight will include the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft (MAVEN), which is curre... |
22 October 2010
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Given the large number of signs pointing to the existence of life on the Red Planet, it stands to reason that exploring it even further is the way to go. Experts believe that future studies will be carried out from airplanes.Thus far, Mars has been investigated using landers, rovers and orbiters, and all of these ins... |
7 October 2010
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Officials with the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) announce that their new lunar orbiter has just achieved orbital injection around the Moon yesterday, October 6.The spacecraft managed to successfully complete an intricate aerobrake maneuver, that ensured it remains in a correct orbit around Earth's... |
7 October 2010
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Officials at the American space agency decided on October 4 to green-light a new phase of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, the next NASA orbiter to the Red Planet. With the new approval for development, the spacecraft will begin to be built, and will be readied for a 2013 launch date. This ... |
6 October 2010
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Late yesterday night, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) launched their second robotic probe headed for the Moon. The mission is part of the country's ambitious efforts to become a power in space as well. The spacecraft took off on October 1, at 1059 GMT (6:59 EDT), from the Xichang Space Center, i... |
2 October 2010
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announced yesterday, September 27, that the Cassini spacecraft has begun a new phase in its extended mission.Experts here, who manage the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in Washington DC, say that this new stage is ca... |
28 September 2010
09:00 GMT |
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Experts at NASA announce that their largest Martian orbiter has recovered from the computer glitch that impaired its operations a few days ago.At the time, a malfunction in the computer systems aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter forced the spacecraft to go into safe mode for the fifth time in just two years. This... |
21 September 2010
02:44 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that one of their orbiters around the Red Planet has just suffered another error, and has as such entered safe-mode.Computers on spacecraft are designed with such features specifically to prevent the loss of total control on the instruments and propulsion systems aboard... |
18 September 2010
04:48 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announced that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has just completed the exploration phase of its mission, on September 16.This represents an impressive achievement for both the spacecraft and the team managing it, as the orbiter managed to change the way we look at the Moon almost entirely. Bef... |
16 September 2010
09:16 GMT |
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Following the launch of the Chang'e-1 lunar orbiter in 2007, China has begun taking an active interest in the Moon and its surface, and is as such preparing a follow-up mission.The new flight will be conducted by a more advanced spacecraft, that will feature expanded capabilities from its predecessor. The new or... |
11 September 2010
04:43 GMT |
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Officials at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) finally announced the instruments and tool suites that will go aboard its next lunar mission, called the Chandrayaan-2.For the past few years, India has been playing an increasingly important role in space exploration, developing a number of missions alongsid... |
31 August 2010
02:38 GMT |
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Even though there is currently a lot of talk about postponing the last planned shuttle flight, and even adding an extra mission to the flight manifest, one things remains certain – the orbiters will be retired. Even if they continue to fly in 2011, they will still need to be placed in museums after all dangerou... |
3 August 2010
10:48 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have planned a joint mission for the Red Planet, which will see, among other things, a new orbiter being placed in orbit around Mars. Slated for lift off in 2016, the mission will include the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, an observations tool capable of conducting high-resolution... |
3 August 2010
06:23 GMT |
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For years, the American space agency has been operating the Mars Scout program, which is an array of missions destined to reach the Red Planet, and study it, at low costs. Each Scout project was to cost less than $485 million, which is a very low price tag for a spacecraft destined to reach another planet. But expert... |
30 July 2010
04:56 GMT |
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The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is best known for its contribution to detecting water on Earth's natural satellite. When it launched in 2009, it shared its delivery system with the LCROSS impactor that later slammed into the south lunar pole, revealing the existence of water-ice in craters at those l... |
28 July 2010
03:41 GMT |
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Experts working for the American space agency and its contractors have known for many years that the Space Shuttle Program was scheduled to shutdown this year. Current plans call for the three remaining orbiters to be grounded starting at the end of this year, but some believe that the last launch will take place in ... |
28 July 2010
02:42 GMT |
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Scientists at the Arizona State University have just brought online the most detailed map of the Martian surface ever produced. Created by combining about 21,000 images obtained by the NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter, the map reveals our neighboring planet in infrared wavelengths, providing an excellent learning tool for t... |
24 July 2010
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According to experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, the Mars Odyssey orbiter placed itself in a safe mode on Wednesday, July 14. Mission experts say that the anomaly occurred following an electronic encoder malfunction, and say that steps are being taken to put the spacecraft ba... |
21 July 2010
06:50 GMT |
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Over the past five months, researchers using the Mars Odyssey orbiter have been performing a series of listening campaigns near the Martian north pole. The goal was to detect signals that may have been produced by the Phoenix Mars Lander, a spacecraft that arrived at the Red Planet in 2008, but which froze over five ... |
25 May 2010
03:08 GMT |
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Officials at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announce that the nation's new Venus-bound spacecraft has launched successfully on Friday (local time). For the next six months, the weather satellite will be traveling to our neighboring planet, where it will then be injected in its observations orbi... |
21 May 2010
03:45 GMT |
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Scientists at NASA announce that they will be conducting a final attempt to pick up potential radio signals emitted by the presumably-defunct Phoenix Mars Lander. The spacecraft arrived at the Red Planet in 2008, and mission managers lost contact with it two months after it exceeded its initially-planned mission time... |
14 May 2010
06:44 GMT |
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In September 2008, NASA lost contact with its Phoenix Mars Lander robot, a scientific platform deployed at high latitudes on Mars. Its goal was to search for water-ice deposits, and also to collect new data about the weather patterns and phenomena present in its area. Two months after its originally-planned, three-mo... |
14 April 2010
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In late 2008, mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, lost contact with the Phoenix Mars Lander. This is the science platform that managed to establish for a fact that water-ice exists at high northern latitudes on Mars. The machine remained operational for longer than i... |
6 April 2010
03:46 GMT |
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After announcing recently that it will soon begin working on its own space station, the Chinese space agency is now accelerating its plans to go to the Moon. Plans call for this to be achieved by using orbiters at first, then with automated landers, and later with spacecrafts capable of sample-return missions. The co... |
17 March 2010
15:01 GMT |
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