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Asia, Australia may see Kaguya and Moon crash
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-10 08:19:29
The Japanese Kaguya spacecraft will end its mission with an impact on the Moon. The Wednesday, June 10, 2009 crash is likely to be seen by people in Asia and Australia at approximately 1825 Universal Time (UT). Find out what time the crash will occur locally for you.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-10 08:19:29
The Japanese Kaguya spacecraft will end its mission with an impact on the Moon. The Wednesday, June 10, 2009 crash is likely to be seen by people in Asia and Australia at approximately 1825 Universal Time (UT). Find out what time the crash will occur locally for you.
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Europa eclipsing Ganymede caught on video
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-11 09:40:07
A rarely recorded astronomical event in our Solar System occurred recently when one of Jupiter’s moons moved directly in front of another one and Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley caught it on video.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-11 09:40:07
A rarely recorded astronomical event in our Solar System occurred recently when one of Jupiter’s moons moved directly in front of another one and Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley caught it on video.
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The Theia hypothesis goes STEREO
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-10 09:35:55
The Theia hypothesis, developed from the Giant Impact hypothesis, implies that the Moon was created when a Mars-sized planet (called Theia) crashed into the Earth 4.5 million years ago. Can we find Theia? The twin STEREO probes of NASA may piece together an answer.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-10 09:35:55
The Theia hypothesis, developed from the Giant Impact hypothesis, implies that the Moon was created when a Mars-sized planet (called Theia) crashed into the Earth 4.5 million years ago. Can we find Theia? The twin STEREO probes of NASA may piece together an answer.
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Moon1 vs. Moon2: Differences in U.S. manned lunar programs
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-09 09:37:42
Although general aspects of the second program to send U.S. astronauts to the Moon in the 2010s may seem similar to the first program in the 1960s, it’s really a whole new ball game out there in space when you compare Apollo to Constellation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-09 09:37:42
Although general aspects of the second program to send U.S. astronauts to the Moon in the 2010s may seem similar to the first program in the 1960s, it’s really a whole new ball game out there in space when you compare Apollo to Constellation.
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NASA celebrates Apollo's 40th Anniversary to Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-27 10:44:13
With July 20, 2009 fast approaching, NASA announces it will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first Moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the entire Apollo Program by the United States of America.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-27 10:44:13
With July 20, 2009 fast approaching, NASA announces it will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first Moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the entire Apollo Program by the United States of America.
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Full Worm Moon wiggles out of sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-11 09:15:55
The full Moon, first seen early on the morning of Wednesday, March 11, 2009, is called a Worm Moon because worms traditionally are waking up from their long winter’s nap, as the ground thaws in the Northern Hemisphere, and are beginning to crawl and wiggle around.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-11 09:15:55
The full Moon, first seen early on the morning of Wednesday, March 11, 2009, is called a Worm Moon because worms traditionally are waking up from their long winter’s nap, as the ground thaws in the Northern Hemisphere, and are beginning to crawl and wiggle around.
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Add another moon to Saturn, the count goes up to 61
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-04 08:36:38
Astronomers with the NASA Cassini spacecraft imaging team announced that they discovered a tiny moon (S/2008 S 1) orbiting Saturn's second most outer ring. It is the 61st moon known to be orbiting the giant planet Saturn, and a huge discovery for learning more about the evolution of its ring system.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-04 08:36:38
Astronomers with the NASA Cassini spacecraft imaging team announced that they discovered a tiny moon (S/2008 S 1) orbiting Saturn's second most outer ring. It is the 61st moon known to be orbiting the giant planet Saturn, and a huge discovery for learning more about the evolution of its ring system.
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Chang'e 1 crashes on Moon: No worries, it was supposed to
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-02 08:39:48
On Sunday, March 1, 2009, the Chinese Chang'e 1 space probe ended a 16-month mission when ground controllers remotely performed a maneuver to direct it toward the lunar surface. They were successful and the probe made a controlled crash into the Moon. Wham! Boom! Ting!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-02 08:39:48
On Sunday, March 1, 2009, the Chinese Chang'e 1 space probe ended a 16-month mission when ground controllers remotely performed a maneuver to direct it toward the lunar surface. They were successful and the probe made a controlled crash into the Moon. Wham! Boom! Ting!
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Let’s look back 50 years: Pioneer 4 goes to Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-01 09:13:16
On March 3, 1959, Pioneer 4 was launched by NASA to become the first successful U.S. mission to the Moon. The little 6.1 kilogram space probe flew by the Moon to become the first U.S. craft to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-01 09:13:16
On March 3, 1959, Pioneer 4 was launched by NASA to become the first successful U.S. mission to the Moon. The little 6.1 kilogram space probe flew by the Moon to become the first U.S. craft to escape the gravitational pull of the Earth.
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Last chance in 2009 to see Moon, Venus together
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-27 09:17:22
On February 27, 2009, the Moon and the planet Venus will be up close and personal for the last time until spring 2010. Don’t miss your chance to see these two heavenly bodies!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-27 09:17:22
On February 27, 2009, the Moon and the planet Venus will be up close and personal for the last time until spring 2010. Don’t miss your chance to see these two heavenly bodies!
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India places billions of rupees for first manned space mission
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-25 09:43:19
India wants to join Russia, the U.S. and China by independently placing one of its own citizens into space. You can call it India's national desire, but it’s really a race to the Moon with China and Japan. Whatever the reason, it is a good way to heat up healthy competition for Earth's exploration of outer space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-25 09:43:19
India wants to join Russia, the U.S. and China by independently placing one of its own citizens into space. You can call it India's national desire, but it’s really a race to the Moon with China and Japan. Whatever the reason, it is a good way to heat up healthy competition for Earth's exploration of outer space.
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Update to Comet Lulin (and transit of Saturn's moons)
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-19 10:18:57
Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth on February 24, 2009. It has already given quite a few surprises as it heads toward us. Now, it is even visible without a telescope, just with your two eyeballs. As a plus, see the comet next to Saturn and four of its moons transiting the planet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-19 10:18:57
Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth on February 24, 2009. It has already given quite a few surprises as it heads toward us. Now, it is even visible without a telescope, just with your two eyeballs. As a plus, see the comet next to Saturn and four of its moons transiting the planet.
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Monumental Moon map makes more missions manageable
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-15 09:27:59
The most comprehensive mapping of the Moon by an international science team has resolved its lunar surface features down to nine miles (15 kilometers). This accomplishment will help astronauts and robotic rovers on the lunar surface, along with helping to map other planets out there in space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-15 09:27:59
The most comprehensive mapping of the Moon by an international science team has resolved its lunar surface features down to nine miles (15 kilometers). This accomplishment will help astronauts and robotic rovers on the lunar surface, along with helping to map other planets out there in space.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse set for Monday 2.9.2009
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-08 09:27:11
On Monday, February 9, 2009, see the northern half of the full Moon pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a penumbral lunar eclipse, the first lunar eclipse of 2009. The only things you need are your eyes and clear skies overhead!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-08 09:27:11
On Monday, February 9, 2009, see the northern half of the full Moon pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a penumbral lunar eclipse, the first lunar eclipse of 2009. The only things you need are your eyes and clear skies overhead!
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Space firsts on February 3, 1966: Luna 9 and ESSA-1
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-01 12:11:12
On February 3, 1966 the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 spacecraft made the first successful soft landing on the Moon, and the United States launched its first operational weather satellite ESSA-1. Both were instrumental in the continuing exploration of outer space by both countries, and now, forty-three years later, by many countries on Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-01 12:11:12
On February 3, 1966 the Soviet Union’s Luna 9 spacecraft made the first successful soft landing on the Moon, and the United States launched its first operational weather satellite ESSA-1. Both were instrumental in the continuing exploration of outer space by both countries, and now, forty-three years later, by many countries on Earth.
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Was Dark Side of Moon once not Dark?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-29 09:32:53
According to French geophysicists, the Moon, during its early formation, may have been rotated 180 degrees, so that the dark side of the Moon faced the Earth. The researchers say this change probably happened when an impact changed the Moon’s rotation. Did this really happen, or was it caused by space aliens?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-29 09:32:53
According to French geophysicists, the Moon, during its early formation, may have been rotated 180 degrees, so that the dark side of the Moon faced the Earth. The researchers say this change probably happened when an impact changed the Moon’s rotation. Did this really happen, or was it caused by space aliens?
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Video shows NASA lunar vehicle on streets of D.C.
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-23 12:47:25
A very interesting video is available of a lunar exploration vehicle being developed for the new NASA missions to the Moon beginning around 2020. However, this time the LER was exploring the streets of Washington D.C. during the Inaugural Parade of new U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-23 12:47:25
A very interesting video is available of a lunar exploration vehicle being developed for the new NASA missions to the Moon beginning around 2020. However, this time the LER was exploring the streets of Washington D.C. during the Inaugural Parade of new U.S. President Barack Obama.
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Moon magnetic discovery shows how much we don’t know
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-18 11:22:48
MIT astronomers have discovered that a lunar liquid core, which existed about 4.2 billion years ago, generated the Moon’s current magnetic field. Concerning why we should go back to the Moon, one of the MIT scientists said we have literally "only scratched the surface."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-18 11:22:48
MIT astronomers have discovered that a lunar liquid core, which existed about 4.2 billion years ago, generated the Moon’s current magnetic field. Concerning why we should go back to the Moon, one of the MIT scientists said we have literally "only scratched the surface."
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50 years ago: Luna 1 escapes Earth’s gravity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-02 12:05:25
Fifty years ago, on January 2, 1959, Luna 1 started its mission to become the first ever human-made object to exceed the escape velocity of the Earth. The pioneering flight helped to secure further Russian history, with its historic 1961 space flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-02 12:05:25
Fifty years ago, on January 2, 1959, Luna 1 started its mission to become the first ever human-made object to exceed the escape velocity of the Earth. The pioneering flight helped to secure further Russian history, with its historic 1961 space flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.
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Thanks to India, U.S.: The 3D Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-30 08:06:19
A U.S. imager aboard the lunar-orbiting Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India's first unmanned mission to the Moon, has provided Earth with the first three-dimensional images of the Moon’s surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-30 08:06:19
A U.S. imager aboard the lunar-orbiting Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India's first unmanned mission to the Moon, has provided Earth with the first three-dimensional images of the Moon’s surface.
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