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Spirit's Journey to the Center of Mars
Science @ NASA - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
NASA's venerable Mars rover Spirit is starting a second career as an explorer of the Martian core--but first it must survive the deadly Martian winter.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Cool Movie: SDO Destroys a Sundog
Science @ NASA - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory amazed onlookers last week when it flew past a sundog and destroyed it. Must-see videos of the event captured shock waves from the rocket billowing through the sundog, eliciting cries of delight and amazement from the crowd below.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
3D Sun for the iPhone
Science @ NASA - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Imagine holding the entire sun in the palm of your hand. Now you can. A new iPhone app developed by NASA-supported programmers delivers a live global view of the sun directly to your cell phone.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Are TGFs Hazardous to Air Travelers?
Science @ NASA - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) surge through thunderstorms at about the same altitude where commercial airliners fly. Do these blasts of gamma-radiation pose a hazard to air travelers?
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
Science @ NASA - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), slated for liftoff on Feb. 9th, will make IMAX-quality movies of solar explosions, peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's inner dynamo, and--researchers hope--unravel the mysteries of solar variability.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Russia launches three new navigation satellites: report
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Moscow (AFP) March 1, 2010 - A Russian Proton-M rocket was launched into space Monday with three new satellites for Moscow's GLONASS navigation system, aimed at competing with US and European systems, a report said.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
World's top high-tech fair goes 3D
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 2, 2010 - The world's biggest high-tech fair opened to the public Tuesday as the IT sector sought to rebound from a terrible 2009 by wooing consumers with trendy gadgets to make life easier and more fun.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits At Moon's North Pole
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits near the moon's north pole. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40 small craters with water ice. The craters range in size from 1 to 9 miles (2 to15 km) in diameter.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
The Free World Is Losing NASA's Space Leadership
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - I carefully read your comments every week and think it's time to share with you an article prepared for Launchspace readers on the subject of U.S. manned space programs.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
MTN Supplies Satellite Communications System For Oasis Of The Seas
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Miramar FL (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, has been equipped with MTN Satellite Communications' (MTN) state-of-the-art VSAT satellite communications system.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Satellites, Rockets And More
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - On Sept. 17, 1959, a little heralded Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Perched atop the rocket was Transit 1A, a satellite designed by scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory that the U.S. Navy hoped would provide accurate location information to ballistic missile submarines and be used as a general navigation system.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
LockMart Solar X-ray Imager To Be Launched On NOAA GOES-P
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is ready for flight.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
MESSENGER's Odometer Reading: Four Billion Miles!
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - The MESSENGER spacecraft has crossed the four-billion-mile mark since its launch. The probe has completed about 81 percent of its journey toward its destination to be the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Mars Express Heading For Closest Flyby Of Phobos
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2010 - ESA's Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos on Wednesday evening. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the mysterious moon.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
LockMart Orion Team Fabricates World's Largest Heat Shield Structure
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the Orion crew exploration vehicle achieved a major technology milestone by completing fabrication of the world's largest heat shield structure.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Spirit In Energy Saving Mode
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Spirit Status for sol 2177-2184: Spirit is in her winter position, still embedded in the area called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts continue to prepare the rover for winter.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
NASA announces new satellite initiative
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Washington (UPI) Mar 1, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says it is starting an initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites for educational and not-for-profit organizations.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Investigating Material Ejected From Young Crater
SpaceDaily - mar, 02/03/2010 - 17:27
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Opportunity Status for sol 2158-2165: Opportunity is located near the very young crater "Concepcion." The rover has been investigating the ejecta material around the crater, with some rocks exhibiting a dark rind. On Sol 2158 (Feb. 18, 2010), Opportunity continued the in-situ investigation of the rock target, "Chocolate Hills."
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Is NASA's New Space Plan Really That Radical?
Space.com - mar, 02/03/2010 - 16:02
President Obama's new plan for NASA has been called radical, but others counter that similar changes have happened before.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
Baby Stars Illuminate Web of Glowing Gas
Space.com - mar, 02/03/2010 - 16:02
A dramatic new picture of a star cluster in our neighboring galaxy reveals baby stars heating up a web of glowing gas.
Catégories: Actualité en Anglais
