Space
NASA Challenges Students To Design Tools For Moon Rovers
A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools for moon rovers. Read more…
NASA And The Challenger Center Announce Naming Contest
NASA And The Challenger Center Announce Naming Contest Read more…
The First Far-Side Gravity of the Moon and Global Topography by KAGUYA (SELENE)
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, October 13, 2008 Source: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan The First Far-Side Gravity of the Moon and Global Topography by KAGUYA (SELENE) Astronomers are announcing today that the precise gravity field of the lunar far side and the global lunar... Read more…
NASA Solicitation: Altair Request for Information
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, October 6, 2008 Source: Johnson Space Center NASA Solicitation: Altair Request for Information Synopsis - Oct 06, 2008 General Information Solicitation Number: RFI-ALTAIR-10-10-2008 Posted Date: Oct 06, 2008 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Oct 06, 2008 Original... Read more…
Call for Proposals: USRA Issues RFP for lcross Observation Campaign Proposals
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Source: Universities Space Research Association Call for Proposals: USRA Issues RFP for lcross Observation Campaign Proposals The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for participation in a... Read more…
Europe all set for lunar mission Chandrayaan-1
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, September 29, 2008 Source: European Space Agency Europe all set for lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 Europe is participating in a big way in the Indian Space Agency's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon, by contributing three instruments. Read more…
NASA MESSENGER Sets Record for Accuracy of Planetary Flyby
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University NASA MESSENGER Sets Record for Accuracy of Planetary Flyby By using solar sailing - rotating the spacecraft and tilting its solar panels to use the very small pressure from sunlight to alter the spacecraft's... Read more…
NASA MESSENGER Image: Mercury as Never Seen Before
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, October 6, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University NASA MESSENGER Image: Mercury as Never Seen Before Image Date Acquired: October 6, 2008 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 131775256 Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)... Read more…
MESSENGER Flyby of Mercury
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, October 6, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Flyby of Mercury At a little after 4:40 a.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the second of three flybys of the planet. Read more…
MESSENGER Instruments Take Aim at Mercury
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Sunday, October 5, 2008 Source: Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Instruments Take Aim at Mercury Image MESSENGER's engineering and operations teams convened at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. Read more…
