Satellites Unlock Secret to Northern India’s Vanishing Water
WASHINGTON — Using NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot per…
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Mars, methane and mysteries
10 August 2009 Mars may not be as dormant as scientists once thought. The 2004 discovery of methane means that either there is life on…
ESA astronaut André Kuipers to spend six months on the ISS in 2011
5 August 2009 ESA PR 17-2009. As a result of the latest International Space Station Multi-Lateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP) recently held in Houston, ESA…
Boeing to Bid as Prime Contractor for NASA Exploration Ground Launch Services Contract
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 29, 2009Â — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it plans to bid as prime contractor for the Exploration Ground Launch…
Hubble captures rare Jupiter collision
The checkout and calibration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on…
Boeing to Build Spin Mechanism for Earth-Observing NASA Spacecraft
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 20, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] on July 8 received a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to…
On this day: 40 years ago
16 July 1969 With over half a billion people watching all over the world, Apollo 11 prepares to lift off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on…
Boeing Signs 4-Satellite Contract With Intelsat
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Intelsat Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services,…
SPACEX’S FALCON 1 SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERS RAZAKSAT SATELLITE TO ORBIT
Hawthorne, CA – (July 15, 2009) – Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) announces the successful launch of Falcon 1 Flight 5 launch vehicle and delivery…
New map hints at Venus’ wet, volcanic past
Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus’ southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have…
NASA Plays Audio “Time Capsule” of Historic Apollo 11 Mission
HOUSTON — NASA will provide a unique audio “time capsule” in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. Audio…
Mission accomplished: 105-day Mars mission simulation ends in Moscow
14 July 2009 A crew of six today completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first…
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