Bringing Martian samples to Earth August 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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New Rochelle, NY, August 13, 2008 – A critical component of NASA's Mars exploration program involves bringing planetary samples back to Earth for in-depth analysis, plans for which are detailed in the latest issue of Astrobiology, ... | |
 Moon water discovered: Dampens Moon-formation theory July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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Using new techniques, scientists have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain water. The researchers found that, contrary to ... | |
 A Brief History of Solar Sails August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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sō’lar sāil, n. - A gossamer material that, when unfurled in the vacuum of space, feels the pressure of sunlight and propelled by said pressure may carry a ship among the stars. | |
 Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake. Using an instrument on NASA's Cassini orbiter, they discovered that a lake-like feature in ... | |
 Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon. The ESA spacecraft’s fly-bys of the moon have returned ... | |
 NASA Nanosatellites Catch Ride On Rocket, Demonstrate Technology August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will fly two nanosatellites as secondary payloads aboard the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket planned for launch in August or September. | |
 Virgin Galactic unveils space tourism craft 'WhiteKnightTwo' (Update 2) July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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British tycoon Richard Branson on Monday unveiled a futuristic aircraft that will ferry tourists to the edge of the heavens as part of Virgin Galactic's much-anticipated space program. | |
 Partial Eclipse, Total Fun July 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
On Friday, August 1st, millions of people in Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia and China—especially China—are going to witness a total eclipse of the sun. The Moon's cool shadow will sweep across the landscape, ... | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Working With Sticky Soil July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers on NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission spent the weekend examining how the icy soil on Mars interacts with the scoop on the lander's robotic arm, while trying different techniques ... | |
 Soil Studies Continue at Site of Phoenix Mars Lander August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has continued studies of its landing site by widening a trench, making overnight measurements of conductivity in the Martian soil and depositing a sample of surface ... | |
 'Sun-eating dragon' returns to China July 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Earth, the Sun and the Moon will align in a celestial ballet on Friday, rewarding China, where the first record of an eclipse was made more than 4,000 years ago, with a dazzling show. Longingly awaited, the ... | |
 GLAST Burst Monitor Team Hard at Work Fine Tuning Instrument and Operations July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- While only on orbit for 40 days and still in the process of a two-month checkout, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) has already detected 12 powerful gamma-ray bursts, an encouraging ... | |
 Phoenix Close-Up Images of 'Snow Queen' Show Changes July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A distinctive hard-surface feature called "Snow Queen" beneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander visibly changed sometime between mid-June and mid-July, close-up images from the Robotic Arm Camera ... | |
 The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Mark your calendar: The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th and it should be a good show. | |
 First images of solar system's invisible frontier July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ... | |
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