items tagged with Spacecraft
Phoenix to launch August 3, 2007, for trip to Mars
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-31 07:58:20
Launched aboard a Delta II rocket, the Phoenix spacecraft will travel to Mars so that it can dig in the Martian soil on the planet’s arctic region. This area is especially important because water and ice is known to exist there.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-31 07:58:20
Launched aboard a Delta II rocket, the Phoenix spacecraft will travel to Mars so that it can dig in the Martian soil on the planet’s arctic region. This area is especially important because water and ice is known to exist there.
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Explosion at remote Mojave spaceport site kills 3
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-27 08:26:24
A fatal explosion occurred on Thursday 7/26/2007 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California where a new rocket motor was being tested for space tourism spacecraft SpaceShipTwo, a part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-27 08:26:24
A fatal explosion occurred on Thursday 7/26/2007 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California where a new rocket motor was being tested for space tourism spacecraft SpaceShipTwo, a part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.
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Ridge on Saturn moon Iapetus was hard nut to crack
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-23 08:16:59
What is probably most unusual about the moon is its shape. Iapetus is not shaped like most large moons. Instead, it has a unique bulging ridge around its equator that makes it shaped like a walnut, prompting people to nickname it the “Walnut Moon”.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-23 08:16:59
What is probably most unusual about the moon is its shape. Iapetus is not shaped like most large moons. Instead, it has a unique bulging ridge around its equator that makes it shaped like a walnut, prompting people to nickname it the “Walnut Moon”.
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New Saturn moon discovered: S/2007 S4, but, let’s call it Frank
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-21 09:40:09
Scientists researching images taken from the Cassini-Huygens mission have found a small natural satellite of Saturn. The images were taken on May 30, 2007, the Cassini Imaging Science Team made their announcement on July 18th, and called the modest moon Frank.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-21 09:40:09
Scientists researching images taken from the Cassini-Huygens mission have found a small natural satellite of Saturn. The images were taken on May 30, 2007, the Cassini Imaging Science Team made their announcement on July 18th, and called the modest moon Frank.
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Power depleted Martian rovers caught by expanding dust storm
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-21 08:41:09
What was considered several weeks ago by NASA as just a weather delay for descending Victoria Crater is now a massive dust storm on Mars that has the potential of permanently shutting down one or both of the solar-powered Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-21 08:41:09
What was considered several weeks ago by NASA as just a weather delay for descending Victoria Crater is now a massive dust storm on Mars that has the potential of permanently shutting down one or both of the solar-powered Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
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