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On the big picture scale, the "large step for mankind" made when Neil Armstrong first touched lunar ground is still a "small step for man". There has been little success so far in the attempt to conquer space, for one reason or another. But recent efforts, like the many probes that orbit or land on distant celestial ... |
12 December 2008
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In the light of the latest dispute over the impact of the carbon dioxide on the global warming and the fate of the planet's climate, NASA is poised to send a new probe set to provide accurate measurements on the levels and dynamics of CO2. This specific aspect, namely how much CO2 exists in the atmosphere and wh... |
10 December 2008
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It becomes more and more obvious that the former great leader of China until 1976, poet and calligrapher Mao Zedong, couldn't have been more wrong when he stated that his country couldn't even put a potato into space. While his statement was partially true, since China has yet to carry the respective vegeta... |
5 December 2008
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Back in 1991, scientists were in for a big surprise after the launch of NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Telescope. Instead of just providing the expected data referring to high energy-emitting supernovae, black holes or the like, it detected gamma ray bursts incoming from the Earth as well. Further tests and missions c... |
24 November 2008
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Lunar quakes were discovered during the Apollo missions, and found to be of several types, but the actual source for each of them has eluded scientists so far, given that our natural satellite has no record of tectonic activity. And if we are ever to have a stable base on the Moon's surface, one that can take in... |
24 November 2008
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The first Indian unmanned spacecraft that successfully made it to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1, has recently deployed its probe called the Moon Impact Probe, or MIP. The device performed a 25-minute trek to the lunar surface, on which it crashed. The impact damaged it and brought its functionality to an end. But the focus... |
15 November 2008
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It seems that for the Phoenix Lander, the spacecraft many have come to be attached to, the end is indeed nigh. Technicians lost contact with the craft on November 2nd, but hoped to be able to resume communication with the lander. But it appears that this is no longer possible, since the Sun does not provide enough en... |
11 November 2008
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The first Indian unmanned craft ever, Chandrayaan-1, has been successfully circling the Moon in a steady orbit for about two days. During the next four days, it will perform further maneuvers in order to reduce the orbit up to approximately 100 km distance from the Earth's natural satellite. Its engines were fir... |
10 November 2008
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Obviously and admittedly inspired by the Training Remotes concept (the small droid spheres that helped Luke Skywalker perfect his lightsaber skills) from Star Wars, three autonomous spheres are roaming around the International Space Station. They're even called SPHERES, but not because of an off-moment in terms... |
8 November 2008
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Chandrayaan-1, the spacecraft launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on October 22, has successfully performed the orbit-raising maneuver that set it on track for the Moon, a week after it managed, upon testing its main camera (Terrain Mapping Camera), to send its first pictures back to Earth. This... |
6 November 2008
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The second Mercury flyby of the Messenger probe of more than 3 weeks ago, on October 6th, provided images of a zone representing 30% of the planet that hadn't been previously photographed from a spacecraft, and added to the data and knowledge scientists have on the first rock from the Sun. The first conclusions... |
30 October 2008
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Two days ago, the small probe that represents the accomplishment of the efforts of Southwest Research Institute experts, was successfully launched into space on a Pegasus rocket carried by an L-1011 jet plane at high altitude above the Pacific. The probe was carried by the Pegasus for about 130 miles onto its orbit ... |
21 October 2008
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The IBEX probe will be launched on Sunday with the declared aim of reaching past the Earth's magnetic field in order to examine the interactions that take place at the boundaries of the heliosphere.Despite having protruded far more distant corners of the universe, we still have little knowledge of the phenomena ... |
14 October 2008
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As Rosetta, the ESA (European Space Agency) space probe launched in 2004, marched on towards its destination, the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, it sent its first images back to Earth. As it turns out, the images are of the Type E asteroid known as Steins, a 5 km-wide rock in the shape of a diamond, brighter ... |
8 September 2008
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has just put its moon mission on indefinite hold due to technical glitch, in what seems to be a never ending streak of bad luck for the country's ambitious plans to get to the Moon.Called the Selenological and Engineering Explorer - or SELENE, the space probe was d... |
23 July 2007
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Saturn is a curious planet, not because it's a gas giant, the second largest planet in the solar system, or because of the fact that its equatorial and polar diameters differ by almost 10%. The most interesting aspect of this giant is the number of satellites.People often enjoy gazing at the Moon, our only natu... |
20 July 2007
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For many years, Venus, the second planet from the Sun and the brightest object in the night sky, refused to let astronomers peak under its opaque layer of highly reflective clouds of sulfuric acid, preventing its surface from being seen from space in visible light.Recent pictures taken by two missions designed to st... |
16 July 2007
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A new breed of dogs could someday be sent to Mars to explore the surface, although they are now just barely learning to walk, climb rocks and jump. These robotic dogs are funny-looking robots, but could become more versatile than current rovers.Robotic probes are used in space exploration for some time now, like the... |
9 July 2007
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This weekend, NASA will launch a new mission, the Dawn spacecraft, which will venture into the asteroid belt to rendez-vous with two of the largest asteroids in the solar system, Ceres and Vesta. The asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, is the largest concentration of asteroids in the solar system, wher... |
6 July 2007
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Two old space probes just received new assignments, after they had fulfilled their original missions. Deep Impact and Stardust are the two robotic space travelers that NASA decided to reactivate and send to chase Comet Tempel 1.Deep Impact is a NASA space probe launched on January 12, 2005 that was designed to stud... |
4 July 2007
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Samba and Tango are the names of two of ESA's four satellites in the Cluster mission that are now orbiting in formation, separated by only 17 km, the closest two ESA satellites have ever been. It is hoped that this tight formation will allow new scientific discoveries about the Sun and the solar wind.The Cluste... |
21 June 2007
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In a rehearsal for the big event of meeting Mercury up close, the Messenger space probe is going to swing by Venus in a slingshot maneuver that will propel it towards the smallest planet in our solar system.NASA's spacecraft Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) is a mission l... |
5 June 2007
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A long-standing mystery about Mars' sand dunes may have just been sold by scientists. The strange thing about the dunes is that they look as if they were created by winds, but there are no winds on the surface of Mars.Discovered in 1971 in pictures taken from space, above the surface, they look very similar to ... |
16 May 2007
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The four "STAR" rocket stages are the boosters that made it possible for probes like Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Pioneer 10 to defeat the Earth's gravity and lift into space. Now, the two Voyager spacecraft continue to operate, carrying with them a golden record that contains pictures and sounds of Earth, along w... |
9 May 2007
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The next robotic probe scheduled to land on Mars is the Phoenix Mars Lander, a new rover built for the purpose of touching and analyzing Martian water for the first time. Right now it is being prepared for launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.As a result of the partnership of universities from the ... |
9 May 2007
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NASA's OPRA warthog robot will have to dig for ice under the soil with a robotic "shovel," but new infrared images will tell him exactly how deep he has to dig to find it.The new thermal images show underground ice depth can vary significantly on the Mars, being right at the surface in one spot but several fee... |
3 May 2007
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More and more, scientists, militarists, and governments are investing large amounts of resources in an intriguing, futuristic technology - fleets of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).The main reason for investing in UAV technology lies in the replacement of the traditional, open battleground with the urban theat... |
4 April 2007
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