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 Paris, France (ESA) Sep 29, 2009 
The European Space Agency's SMART-1 team has released an image of the future impact site of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). LCROSS will search for water ice on the Moon by making two impacts into a crater named Cabeus A at the lunar South Pole. The impacts are scheduled for 11:30 am UT on 9 October 2009. Bjoern Grieger, the liaison scientist for SMART-1's ... read more 
MOffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2009One of the 'fun science" activities we have carried out during AMASE 2009 is "iceberg chasing". Naturally this was all for a good scientific reason as we were interested in acquiring sediments trapped in calved icebergs for further characterization. Being in the arctic and around massive ice caps and glaciers it is no surprise that during the time we have been based on Lance we have seen ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 28, 2009A plant that lives along muddy waterways in Asia has inspired a NASA team to develop a special coating to prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear. Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way a lotus plant sheds water ... more 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 25, 2009Scientists are seeing sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure halfway between the north pole and the equator on Mars, thanks to quick-turnaround observations from orbit of fresh meteorite impact craters on the planet. "We knew there was ice below the surface at high latitudes of Mars, but we find that it extends far closer to the equator than you would think, based on ... more  
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Sep 24, 2009 NASA scientists say they've developing a coating that can prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear. Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said they are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way an Asian lotus plant sheds water. They said although a lotus leaf ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2009b>Science Operations Work Group: How to do science with a rover on Mars - August 22, 2009: br> /b> Driving a rover on Mars and obtaining useful scientific information is something you don't learn from one day to another. You need a lot of training and you need to be able to work with people who have different scientific backgrounds. One way to learn it is by carrying out the Science Operation ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2009Today, Norman Augustine, the Chair of the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, testifies to the U.S. Congress to present the summary of their final report to the Obama Administration. The Committee made a number of important conclusions and suggestions for changes in Constellation, the currently planned U.S. human spaceflight program. "The Planetary Society agrees with their principal ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2009NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. The Desert RATS - or Research and Technology Studies - in the Arizona desert at Black Point Lava Flow allow NASA to analyze and refine technologies and procedures in extreme environments on Earth. "These tests provide us with crucial information about how our cutting edge vehicles ... more |
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