items tagged with Moon
2008 says goodbye, 2009 says hello with night sky treat
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-28 08:35:51
Starting Monday night (December 29, 2008) and ending with a really big show on New Year’s Eve, the new crescent Moon and the planets of Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter will help us to ring in the new year of 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-28 08:35:51
Starting Monday night (December 29, 2008) and ending with a really big show on New Year’s Eve, the new crescent Moon and the planets of Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter will help us to ring in the new year of 2009.
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Saturn's Enceladus: A lot of activity for such a small moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-16 09:03:08
NASA acknowledges that as astronomers look closer at Saturn’s small moon Enceladus they are finding a very dynamic and geographically active surface and atmosphere, especially about its south pole.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-16 09:03:08
NASA acknowledges that as astronomers look closer at Saturn’s small moon Enceladus they are finding a very dynamic and geographically active surface and atmosphere, especially about its south pole.
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Gobble down the turkey, Jupiter, Venus, Moon are together in night sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-26 08:37:31
Beginning on the evening of Thanksgiving in the United States, and Thursday night (November 27, 2008) for all others on Earth, the planets of Venus and Jupiter and a crescent-shaped Moon will be crowding around each other in a spectacular spectacle in the night sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-26 08:37:31
Beginning on the evening of Thanksgiving in the United States, and Thursday night (November 27, 2008) for all others on Earth, the planets of Venus and Jupiter and a crescent-shaped Moon will be crowding around each other in a spectacular spectacle in the night sky.
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Chandrayaan-1 gets down to work
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 16:24:01
Following the successful deployment of the impactor, India's Chandrayaan-1 moon probe is getting down to work.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 16:24:01
Following the successful deployment of the impactor, India's Chandrayaan-1 moon probe is getting down to work.
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Get your Moonbuggy revved up because it’s NASA race time
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-20 18:16:41
NASA has announced its 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, which is to be held on April 3-4, 2008 in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA hopes the high school and college contestants will build their moonbuggies out of the “right stuff.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-20 18:16:41
NASA has announced its 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, which is to be held on April 3-4, 2008 in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA hopes the high school and college contestants will build their moonbuggies out of the “right stuff.”
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Indian lunar probe hits Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-14 15:44:53
The first unmanned lunar probe by India was ejected from its mother ship and has now made a controlled and successful crash landing on the Moon: Friday, November 14, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-14 15:44:53
The first unmanned lunar probe by India was ejected from its mother ship and has now made a controlled and successful crash landing on the Moon: Friday, November 14, 2008.
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Chandrayaan-1 in final orbit, ready for work
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-13 14:47:16
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached its operational orbit around the Moon. Next step: release the impactor!
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-13 14:47:16
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached its operational orbit around the Moon. Next step: release the impactor!
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India inserts Chandrayaan-1 into Moon orbit
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-08 12:19:47
On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has been placed successfully in orbit about the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-08 12:19:47
On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has been placed successfully in orbit about the Moon.
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India's Chandrayaan-1 heads for the Moon
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-06 01:04:45
India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is en route for the Moon. The unmanned craft should go into lunar orbit this weekend.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-06 01:04:45
India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is en route for the Moon. The unmanned craft should go into lunar orbit this weekend.
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Chandrayaan-1 on its way to the Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-22 08:31:16
The Indian unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 (or “Lunar Craft-1”) began its lunar exploration mission to the Moon at 5:22 a.m. Indian Standard Time (00:52 UTC) on October 22, 2008. It is India’s first mission to Earth’s nearest neighbor.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-22 08:31:16
The Indian unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 (or “Lunar Craft-1”) began its lunar exploration mission to the Moon at 5:22 a.m. Indian Standard Time (00:52 UTC) on October 22, 2008. It is India’s first mission to Earth’s nearest neighbor.
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Indian Moon mission ready
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-10-20 17:08:00
The first moon mission for India, Chandrayaan-1, is scheduled to lift off on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to orbit the Moon, with part of it ejected and aimed for a direct hit onto the lunar surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-10-20 17:08:00
The first moon mission for India, Chandrayaan-1, is scheduled to lift off on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to orbit the Moon, with part of it ejected and aimed for a direct hit onto the lunar surface.
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NASA University Design Contest challenges students to explore Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-01 08:57:53
NASA has announced a new contest to test the imaginations and skills of college students by designing tools and instrument packages that one day could help Moon rovers travel across the lunar surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-01 08:57:53
NASA has announced a new contest to test the imaginations and skills of college students by designing tools and instrument packages that one day could help Moon rovers travel across the lunar surface.
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NASA developing fission power for Moon and beyond
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-17 08:34:28
NASA engineers and scientists at the Glenn Research Center are considering several surface power systems for use on the Moon. One of them is the fission surface power system (FSPS), which will generate nuclear fission to provide necessary power for a lunar outpost and other various activities while on the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-17 08:34:28
NASA engineers and scientists at the Glenn Research Center are considering several surface power systems for use on the Moon. One of them is the fission surface power system (FSPS), which will generate nuclear fission to provide necessary power for a lunar outpost and other various activities while on the Moon.
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Launch of moon-exploring LRO delayed by military spaceplane
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-18 09:06:48
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the first mission for NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, will be delayed from December 2008 to February 2009 after its launch date is switched with an Air Force reusable unmanned experimental spaceplane.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-18 09:06:48
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the first mission for NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, will be delayed from December 2008 to February 2009 after its launch date is switched with an Air Force reusable unmanned experimental spaceplane.
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See last partial lunar eclipse of 2008 on August 16-17
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-15 11:40:19
Many of the peoples of Earth will be able to see this last partial lunar eclipse of 2008 on Saturday night, August 16, and/or Sunday morning, August 17, 2008. Hopefully, the night sky will be clear for you!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-15 11:40:19
Many of the peoples of Earth will be able to see this last partial lunar eclipse of 2008 on Saturday night, August 16, and/or Sunday morning, August 17, 2008. Hopefully, the night sky will be clear for you!
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Total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008, in Northern Hemisphere
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-31 15:55:39
A total solar eclipse will begin in northern Canada early Friday morning, and sweep through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial solar eclipse will be seen in the northeastern parts of North America, and much of Europe and Asia.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-31 15:55:39
A total solar eclipse will begin in northern Canada early Friday morning, and sweep through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia, and China. A partial solar eclipse will be seen in the northeastern parts of North America, and much of Europe and Asia.
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Japanese SELENE confirms Apollo 15 landing spot on Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 12:23:07
According to a press release of the Japanese space agency, a “halo” has been photographed by the Terrain Camera onboard its SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft, which shows the exact location of the NASA Apollo 15 Moon landing. Skeptics of the NASA Apollo missions to the Moon four decades ago may have to eat moondust!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 12:23:07
According to a press release of the Japanese space agency, a “halo” has been photographed by the Terrain Camera onboard its SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft, which shows the exact location of the NASA Apollo 15 Moon landing. Skeptics of the NASA Apollo missions to the Moon four decades ago may have to eat moondust!
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Apollo 11 was flying to the Moon thirty-nine years ago
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 11:03:32
On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their remarkable journey is recorded in an old NASA document with interesting names for their space vehicles.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-18 11:03:32
On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their remarkable journey is recorded in an old NASA document with interesting names for their space vehicles.
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FIRST: Water found on Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 18:55:39
A U.S.-French team used new methods to analyze 40-year-old Apollo lunar samples that had previously shown no evidence of water. However, using more advanced instruments, the research team was able to detect very small amounts of water in the samples. The momentous announcement heralds the first time water has been discovered in materials from the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 18:55:39
A U.S.-French team used new methods to analyze 40-year-old Apollo lunar samples that had previously shown no evidence of water. However, using more advanced instruments, the research team was able to detect very small amounts of water in the samples. The momentous announcement heralds the first time water has been discovered in materials from the Moon.
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U.S. and Europe may explore Moon together
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 12:18:52
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) just finished a six-month assessment (in July 2008) of possible projects the two space agencies could team up on for future exploration of the Moon and establishment of lunar outposts.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 12:18:52
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) just finished a six-month assessment (in July 2008) of possible projects the two space agencies could team up on for future exploration of the Moon and establishment of lunar outposts.
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