Space
Very cold ice films in laboratory reveal mysteries of universe. Could life have started in a lump of ice?
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, November 6, 2008 Source: European Science Foundation Very cold ice films in laboratory reveal mysteries of universe. Could life have started in a lump of ice? Read more…
Chandrayaan-1 enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Thursday, November 6, 2008 Source: Indian Space Research Organisation Chandrayaan-1 enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory The fifth and final orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was successfully carried out today (November 4, 2008) morning at 04:56 am IST. Read more…
NASA Contract Integrates Mission Operations, Training Facilities
NASA has awarded a $667.3 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide integrated support for the hardware, software, data and displays used to train for and execute human spaceflight missions. Read more…
NASA Measurements Show Greenhouse Gas Methane on the Rise Again
The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end approximately a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable. Read more…
Apollo 8 Crew Remembers Historic Mission Live On NASA TV
Almost 40 years after NASA executed the bold decision to send the first human flight of the gigantic Saturn V rocket to the moon, the crew of Apollo 8 will reunite. Read more…
Hubble Announces A Major Extrasolar Planet Discovery
NASA will hold a Science Update to report on a significant discovery about planets orbiting other stars at 2:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, Nov. 13. Read more…
Digital Learning Network Hosts Worldwide Virtual Party for NASA
Schools all over the world will wish NASA a happy birthday as part of an all-day virtual birthday party through NASA's Digital Learning Network on Thursday, Nov. 13. Read more…
NASA Selects Astronomy Student Ambassadors
Forty-six undergraduate and graduate students have been selected to represent NASA in their local communities as recipients of the agency's International Year of Astronomy, or IYA, Student Ambassadors Program. Read more…
SpaceX DragonLab, a free-flying, fully-recoverable, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, November 3, 2008 Source: SpaceX SpaceX DragonLab, a free-flying, fully-recoverable, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and unpressurized payloads DragonLab provides a platform for in-space experimentation, including recovery of pressurized and... Read more…
NASA Notice of intent to grant a partially exclusive license: Slingshot Product Development Group
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, November 3, 2008 Source: NASA HQ NASA Notice of intent to grant a partially exclusive license: Slingshot Product Development Group [Federal Register: November 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 213)] [Notices] [Page 65413] From the Federal Register Online via GPO... Read more…
