Tag Archives: Space

Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017

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Posted by Ennev on 201002.04 – 08:36
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To make up for the moon? It’s good to extend use of equipment already deployed, but it lack vision.

Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017
NASA extends the Cassini mission, the groundbreaking exploration of Saturn and its satellites, by 6 ½ years on Wednesday.

Mars Rover Spirit is Now a Stationary Research Platform

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Posted by Ennev on 201001.27 – 13:33
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It will never move again!
From: NASA Science News
NASA Science News for January 26, 2010NASA announced today that Spirit cannot be freed from its Martian sandtrap. Now the rover will begin a second career as a stationary science platform.

Life on mars

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Posted by Ennev on 201001.15 – 08:20
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False alarm!

on CNET New proof of life on Mars? Sadly, no
A stunning new image taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter creates an optical illusion.

NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home

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Posted by Ennev on 200911.10 – 10:35
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To the future and …….
…… The museum?
NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home
NASA’s cute, wingless escape pod for the International Space Station, which was in development until 2002, finally has a home. Sadly, it’s not in space, but in Ashland, Nebraska at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.

Canadian astronaut Thirsk bound for International Space Station

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Posted by Ennev on 200905.22 – 18:46
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That’s going to be interesting!

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/space-robert-thirsk-space-station-astronaut.html?ref=rss

Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is a member of a six-person crew that
will live on the International Space Station for six months. On May
27, he and two other crewmates are scheduled to launch from Kazhakstan
to join the other three already aboard the station.

Water

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Posted by Ennev on 200905.20 – 18:57
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Thirsty?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_sc/us_space_urine

We need more nuke. Please

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Posted by Ennev on 200905.07 – 17:08
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Why do I feel we are going backward sometime!

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/b5zKGZ73loo/nasa-running-out-of-fuel-for-deep-space-missions-because-nobody-makes-nukes-anymore

Supplies of NASA’s go-to fuel for space exploration , plutonium-238, are dwindling. The U.S. stopped making it 20 years ago and now NASA’s Russian suppliers are running out after production shut down. The problem? Nobody makes nukes anymore. Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can’t use solar power because they’re too far from the sun. So they rely on a certain type of plutonium, plutonium-238. It powers these spacecraft with the heat of its natural decay. But plutonium-238 isn’t found in nature; it’s a byproduct of nuclear weaponry. So where can NASA turn to in order to get the 11lbs of plutonium it needs each year? Fortunately, the Department of Energy has come to the rescue and decided to spend the $150 million or so it would take to re-start production. Man, it feels like the Cold War all over again. [ Yahoo ]


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