Live At KSC: NASA's Ares I-X Rollout Slips An Hour
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More than 75 exoplanets in thirty different planetary systems is an impressive score, and that’s what HARPS has compiled since its installation in 2003. The High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher is the spectrograph for the European Southern Observatory’s 3.6-meter telescope at La Silla (Chile). Built by a consortium led by Michel Mayor (Geneva Observatory), [...]
The 327 ft tall Ares I-X is currently waiting inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building for its delayed 4.2 mile rollout to the launchpad. Originally scheduled for Monday, the rollout was postponed by 24 hours when engineers spotted a nitrogen gas leak on Oct. 14th. It would appear the problem has been rectified and [...]Post from: Astroengine.comAres I-X: The Beginning And The End For Constellation?
Rising a mile high and up to 5 miles wide, the impact plume of the spent Centaur rocket was observed by the NASA LCROSS shepherding probe before it travelled through the cloud of dust and crashed 4 minutes later.
The lack of an observed dust plume has been the cause of much confusion to people who [...]Post from: Astroengine.comFirst Images of LCROSS Centaur Impact Plume Released
It may only be a large rock, but images like this drive home the significance of the HiRISE instrument on board NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; it enables us to see recent geological activity on a planet we often view as being “dead.”
This boulder (approximately 6 meters-wide) had come to a stop at the bottom of [...]Post from: Astroengine.comRolling (Mars) Stone
Yesterday’s story on IBEX is now complemented by images from the Ion and Neutral Camera, part of the Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument on the Cassini orbiter. The Cassini data confirm the fact that the heliosphere isn’t shaped the way we’ve always thought. The assumption up to now has been that the collision of the solar wind [...]
Findings that are outside our expectations seem par for the course as we explore the Solar System. From the volcanoes of Io to the geysers of Enceladus, unusual things show up with each new mission. Why should IBEX be any different? The Interstellar Boundary Explorer is the first spacecraft expressly designed to study what happens [...]
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For those of you who like to follow NASA’s robotic exploration of space, here is a list of links to NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) related missions and projects social networking web pages.
Asteroid Watch on Twitter: http://twitter.com/asteroidwatch
Cassini on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CassiniSaturn
Earth Vital Signs on Twitter: http://twitter.com/EarthVitalSigns
NASA JPL blog, with posts from [...]
Imagine a boat from Earth drifting across an alien sea. Something like that could happen as early as 2022 if Ellen Stofan (Proxemy Research) can talk the powers that be into the venture. Stofan envisions a new mission to Titan, the only other place in the Solar System known to have bodies of liquid on [...]
Back when I was a kid I found an old atlas that had been on the family shelves since the early 1900’s. I used to browse through it looking at all the places that had changed. The map of eastern Europe was, as you can imagine, a far cry from what it later became, with [...]
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“Astronaut needed for experimental flight to Titan. I have been working on this project now for near 40 years and am afraid I’m no longer fit enough to go. My secret space craft is the result of my professional experience [...]Post from: Astroengine.com“Astronaut needed for experimental flight to Titan…”
Galileo discussions on BBC Radio 4 Space blog Galileo discussions on BBC Radio 4 UK readers can tune in to Radio 4's Click On Technology in just a few minutes to hear SSTL's GPS expert Martin Unwin and Prof . David Last answer the naiton's questions about GPS and Galileo . questions Tune in to find out more about SSTL's GIOVE-A satellite , Galileo , GPS and how to avoid loosing your dog . Don't worry if you're not free at this precise moment in time , because it will be provided online after . broadcast Radio 4 Click On Technology This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Monday , October 12. 2009 at 15:29. You can leave a response or trackback from your own blog . All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed . Trackbacks Trackback specific URI for this entry No Trackbacks Comments Display comments as Linear Threaded No comments Add Comment Name Email Homepage In reply to Top level Comment Enclosing asterisks marks text as bold word underscore are made via . word_ Standard emoticons like and are converted to . images E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming , please
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In the early hours of Friday morning at 4:31am, the spent Centaur rocket from the NASA LCROSS mission slammed into the surface of the south pole of the moon. What was the point in that?
Well, NASA was hoping that the tumbling chunk of metal the size of a small bus would kick up [...]Post from: Astroengine.comWhat REALLY Happened to the LCROSS Centaur?
This image looks like the frosted top of an over-baked muffin, but it’s actually the side of a crater on Mars covered with ice. Taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) over the Martian south pole, this example demonstrates an active process of weathering acting on the red landscape. [...]Post from: Astroengine.comMars Crater’s Cracked Frosting
(CNN) — NASA said Friday’s rocket and satellite strike on the moon was a success, kicki
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Tomorrow night, Friday October 9, I’ll be giving my presentation Art And The Exploration of Space at a meeting of the Skokie Valley Astronomers. Space art is definitely a subject I enjoy talking about as it was space art that got me interested in art and in part [...]
Nigeria completes milestone in space Space blog Nigeria completes milestone in space Nigeria's space program has passed another milestone as both the state of the art NigeriaSat-2 and the Nigerian-built NigeriaSat-X NX spacecraft passed their Flight Readiness Reviews . The completion of this review signifies that the two spacecraft are now ready for launch . At the same time , the Launch Services Agreement was signed that will see the two spacecraft launched onboard a Dnepr rocket in Q4 2010. Nigerian engineer Bosun Yusuf at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories Nigeria's future space engineers pictured with Sir Martin Sweeting , Executive Chairman SSTL Meanwhile , the 26 Nigerian trainees , some of who have spent 3 years at SSTL , have now returned to Nigeria ready to begin operations of their two spacecraft once they launch next . year This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Wednesday , October 7. 2009 at 09:53. and is filed under In the news You can leave a response or trackback from your own blog . All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed . Defined tags for this entry : earth observation nigeria nigeriasat-2 space training Related entries by : tags To
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It’s great when art and science come together to produce something that is both entertaining and intellectual. The video that follows is an excellent example of that. Nothing like science set to music. The video Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn featuring Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed) stars the words and vocalizations of Carl Sagan [...]
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This morning I got down to work on an astronomical art presentation I’ll be giving later this month. This new astronomical art presentation joins my presentation on space art which I last gave in the spring at Harper College in Palatine IL and will next give at a Chicago MENSA convention [...]
Astrium and SpaceX announce launch deal Space blog Astrium and SpaceX announce launch deal SSTL’s owner Astrium and Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX have announced a contract which will see an Earth observation satellite designed by Astrium or SSTL launched by Falcon 1e , a SpaceX launch vehicle . Falcon 1 The Falcon 1e is an enhanced’ version of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle . Falcon 1e has been designed completely by SpaceX and benefits from upgraded propulsion , structures and avionics systems , allowing for more reliability . The original Falcon 1 was launched almost a year ago on September 28th 2008. SSTL and Astrium provide a range of innovative , cutting edge Earth Observation satellite products Through this partnership , they can offer customers a turnkey solution , with in-orbit delivery of a low Earth orbit satellite system . Both parties have told of their joy at the partnership : SpaceX's Falcon 1e launch vehicle was designed to provide the highest level of reliability as well as the lowest dedicated mission price of any orbital launch system said Elon Musk , CEO and CTO of . SpaceX SpaceX is pleased to be the launch services provider for this . mission Evert Dudok ,
No Wahala Nigerian space advances Space blog No Wahala Nigerian space advances Nigeria’s space programme has made further progress this month , as the NigeriaSat-2 and NX Earth observation satellites passed environmental . tests Nigerian engineers work on NX click to enlarge Environmental tests comprise a series of rigorous checks that are conducted to simulate the environment in which the spacecraft will operate in space . All spacecraft undergo these tests to validate the designs and to ensure quality control . It is a formal review milestone and a point at which SSTL engineers can identify potential issues for . correction The NX satellite has been integrated and tested by Nigerian engineers working at SSTL during the past 2 years as part of their training and development . programme This is the second such programme that SSTL has supplied to NASRDA . In 2003, NigeriaSat-1 was launched into the Disaster Monitoring Constellation DMC and remains operational . The launch of two further Nigerian satellites into the DMC will ensure continuity of the nation’s space assets as well as a significant advancement in capability through NigeriaSat-2’s high-resolution . capability Under the
The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India’s moon orbiting satellite was almost lost earlier this y