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 Mumbai, India (SPX) Sep 28, 2009 
India's moon mission has proved to be quite economical and cost much less compared to what other countries have spent on their projects, mission director M Annadurai said here. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would continue to check costs in the Chandrayaan-II mission as well, he said. India's moon mission cost only about one sixth to one tenth of the cost of similar missions ... read more
New Delhi, India (XNA) Sep 28, 2009Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman Madhavan Nair on Friday claimed that it is possible to extract water from the Moon just a few hours after it was confirmed that water was present on the lunar surface. Offering a glimmer of hope to the scientific community that water found on the Moon could be used, Nair said, "It's possible to extract ... more
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2009For the last few decades the international space community has freely used near-Earth space for many important applications without regard for the impact of artificial satellites on the space environment. Although space-faring nations have spewed trash from 200 km to beyond 36,000 km, the space below about 1,600 km has been severely abused. Recent events have finally persuaded the U.S. ... more  
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Sep 28, 2009The 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award is to be presented to American planetary scientist Carolyn Porco and Iranian photographer and science journalist Babak A. Tafreshi in recognition of their photographic work, which - each from its own perspective - recalls humankind's place in the universe. The prize is the world's most prestigious distinction in scientific and medical photography. ... more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2009On certain nights, an arresting green line pierces the sky above NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. It's a laser directed at the moon, visible when the air is humid. No, we're not repelling an invasion. Instead, we're tracking our own spacecraft. 28 times per second, engineers at NASA Goddard fire a laser that travels about 250,000 miles to hit the minivan-sized Lunar ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009They're body snatchers invading human bodies and taking over society; they're E.T. and The Man Who Fell to Earth trying desperately to get home. They're a malign new crustacean life form with multiple sets of acid-drooling jaws that uses our bodies as incubators, vessels to spread its population throughout the galaxy. Since the early days of film, Hollywood has capitalized on our ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2009Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. Clouds of gas big enough to swallow planets break away and billow into space. It's a flamboyant display of stellar power. So why can't we see any of it? Almost none of the drama ... more  
Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2009NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 miles above the planet's rocky surface for a final gravity assist that will enable it to enter Mercury's orbit in 2011. Determining the composition of Mercury's surface is a major goal of the ... more |
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