Space
Schmitt Completes NASA Advisory Council Service; Ford Named Chairman
NASA Advisory Council Chairman Harrison "Jack" H. Schmitt announced Thursday he was leaving the council. Fellow council member Kenneth Ford will succeed him as chairman effective immediately. Read more…
NASA Invites Reporters to Observe Lunar Rover Tests in Arizona
NASA is practicing for future lunar road trips, and reporters are invited to observe the activities. The annual Desert RATS, or Research and Technology Studies, field test will be held in Arizona during October, and NASA will host a media day on Oct. 24. Read more…
NASA to Webcast IBEX Spacecraft Launch on Pegasus Rocket Oct. 19
The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space will be launched on Sunday, Oct. 19, at 1:48 p.m. EDT, during a launch window that extends from 1:44 p.m. to 1:52 p.m. Called the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, the spacecraft will conduct extremely high-altitude orbits above Earth to investigate and capture images of processes taking place at the farthest reaches of the solar system. Read more…
NASA ARC Solicitation: Partnership Opportunity Document for Lunar Dust Analysis Mission
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Saturday, September 20, 2008 Source: Ames Research Center NASA ARC Solicitation: Partnership Opportunity Document for Lunar Dust Analysis Mission Synopsis - Sep 19, 2008 Partnership Opportunity Document - Posted on Sep 19, 2008 New! Read more…
NASA Ames Celebration to Share Excitement of 2009 Moon Mission
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Source: Ames Research Center NASA Ames Celebration to Share Excitement of 2009 Moon Mission What: On Saturday, Sept. Read more…
MESSENGER Mission News September 12, 2008
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Friday, September 12, 2008 Source: Cranfield University MESSENGER Mission News September 12, 2008 MESSENGER Finalizes Plans for Its Second Look at Mercury It is now only slightly more than three weeks before the MESSENGER spacecraft flies by Mercury for the second... Read more…
2 rockets launched, 1 military and 1 commercial (AP)
AP - Two rockets blasted off into the sky within the space of a few hours, one carrying a commercial satellite and the other as part of a test of the U.S. missile defense system. Read more…
Red Planet MAVEN: New Probe to Scan Martian Atmosphere (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - BOULDER, Colo. - A new NASA probe slated to launch in 2013 will take the most detailed look yet at the atmosphere of Mars. Read more…
US-SCIENCE Summary (Reuters)
Reuters - China will send its third manned mission into space on Thursday evening on a mission which will include its first space walk, the government said on Wednesday. The Shenzhou VII will lift off from the Jiuquan space center in a remote desert area of the northwestern province of Gansu between 9:07 p.m. (9:07 a.m. EDT) and 10:27 p.m. (10:27 a.m. EDT), mission spokesman Wang Zhaoyao told a news conference. Read more…
Scientists find sun less blustery than before (Reuters)
Reuters - The sun's winds are less blustery than they used to be, NASA said on Tuesday, revealing data from a solar probe that promises new insights about Earth's local star but poses few if any consequences for humans -- unless you're an astronaut. Read more…
