|
 
Dawn Approaches Asteroid VestaPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2011 After 3 .5 years of thrusting silently through the void, NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on the threshold of a new world. It's deep in the asteroid belt, less than 4 months from giant asteroid Vesta. "We're closing in," says Marc Rayman, Dawn's chief engineer and mission manager. "And I'm getting more excited every day!" Dawn will enter orbit around Vesta in July 2011, becoming the first spacecraft ever to orbit a body in the asteroid belt. After conducting a detailed study of the uncharted alien ... read more |
. |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| .. |
  Gagarin's 108 minute voyage to immortality Let's go!" With these words Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961 blasted-off on the Vostok rocket that took him into orbit as the first man in space. ... more | .. |
 Proud Russia marks 50 years since Gagarin triumph Half a century ago, a Russian carpenter's son named Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, carving an indelible mark in human history and scoring the greatest Soviet Cold War success. ... more | .. |
  For NASA's Aquarius, Quest For Salt A Global Endeavor With more than a few stamps on its passport, NASA's Aquarius instrument on the Argentinian Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC)-D spacecraft will soon embark on its space mission to "taste" Ea ... more | .. |
 |
|
| .. |
 Russian Space Agency Events Unchanged As Chief's Retirement Announced Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov said on Wednesday the agency's scheduled events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's historic first space flight will go ahead as pl ... more | .. |
  Key dates in the history of space exploration Following are key dates in the history of space travel and exploration, 50 years after Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin became the first man in space: ... more | .. |
 Spaceship 'Gagarin' docks with ISS A Soyuz craft carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday docked with the International Space Station, ahead of celebrations marking half a century since Yuri Gagarin's trail-blazing flight. ... more | .. |
  Breakthrough Study Confirms Cause Of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts A new supercomputer simulation shows the collision of two neutron stars can naturally produce the magnetic structures thought to power the high-speed particle jets associated with short gamma-ray bu ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . |
  
SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military | .. |
  EADS North America Expands Space And Related Product Activities In USA EADS North America announced that it has further integrated and expanded the company's Space and related product activities in the U.S., supporting government agencies, private sector customers and ... more | .. |
  Project Morpheus To Begin Testing At NASA's Johnson Space Center Neighbors of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston may notice some loud noises coming from the 1,600-acre site in the coming weeks. Johnson's Engineering Directorate is ready to begin testing ... more | .. |
  German Instrument GREAT Begins Its Scientific Observations On Board SOFIA On 6 April 2011, German scientists carried out their first astronomical observations on board the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. A joint project between NASA and the German ... more | .. |
  The Shape-Shifting Southern Vortex Of Venus New analysis of images taken by ESA's Venus Express orbiter has revealed surprising details about the remarkable, shape-shifting collar of clouds that swirls around the planet's South Pole. This fas ... more |
| .. |
  Possible new elementary particle described U.S. particle physicists say they may have observed a new elementary particle or force of nature but admit it may be merely a statistical aberration. ... more | .. |
  Bright Fireball Leads To Meteorite Search In Tennessee Did you see a bright flash in the sky over Tullahoma, Tenn., last night? Have we got a scavenger hunt for you... At approximately 08:21:57 p.m. CDT on April 6, 2011, NASA all-sky meteor camera ... more | .. |
 NASA Telescopes Join Forces To Observe Unprecedented Explosion NASA's Swift satellite, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study one of the most puzzling cosmic blasts ever observed. More than a week later, high-energy radiati ... more | .. |
 Goodrich To Showcase Advanced Space Systems At The National Space Symposium Goodrich at next week's National Space Symposium will showcase mission-critical space technology and electronics that supports space launch vehicles and satellites. The National Space Symposium take ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re | .. |
 Deep-Space Travel Could Create Heart Woes For Astronauts Astronauts anticipate more trips to the moon and manned missions to Mars. But exposure to cosmic radiation outside the Earth's magnetic field could be detrimental to their arteries, according to a s ... more | .. |
 Gagarin, a poster boy for Soviet space travel The first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, a carpenter's son with a military bearing and an easy smile, was the ideal candidate for the Soviet authorities to send on the pioneering flight. ... more | .. |
 New heights for Australian beer lovers The first space tourist flights may be several years away but a group of thirsty Australian scientists are at work on the critical question - what makes a top zero-gravity beer? ... more | .. |
 Cosmic burst in distant galaxy puzzles NASA NASA is studying a surprising cosmic burst at the center of distant galaxy that has burned for more than a week, longer than astronomers have ever seen before, the US space agency said Thursday. ... more |
| .. |
  Britain orders 1,000 Thales LMM missiles In a bid to arm its incoming AgustaWestland Lynx Wildcat helicopters, Britain has become the first customer for a new multi-role missile developed by Thales UK. ... more | .. |
 First Consistent Geological Interpretation Of East Africa Rift System Astrium GEO-Information Services has completed a geological interpretation study of the East Africa Rift System (EARS) and the surrounding area that is increasingly becoming an exploration hotspot f ... more | .. |
  Micro Aircraft IMPULLS Improves Avionic Systems And Sensors A novel test aircraft of the TU Muenchen successfully completed its maiden flight yesterday at the airfield of the MFC Red Baron near Heimstetten. The micro aircraft christened "IMPULLS" (Innovative ... more | .. |
 Two Dying Stars Reborn As One White dwarfs are dead stars that pack a Sun's-worth of matter into an Earth-sized ball. Astronomers have just discovered an amazing pair of white dwarfs whirling around each other once every 39 minu ... more |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
Hybrid excitons speed ultrafast energy transfer at 2D organic interface | .. |
  Next Mars Rover Nears Completion Assembly and testing of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is far enough along that the mission's rover, Curiosity, looks very much as it will when it is investigating Mars. Testing con ... more | .. |
  Getting Closer To Mars Sending astronauts to Mars has been the ultimate objective of human spaceflight. But it's always been elusive. We started the space age with the knowledge that it would require a lot of preparation, ... more | .. |
 Newly Discovered Asteroid Is Earth's Companion Astronomers from the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland have found that a recently discovered asteroid has been following the Earth in its motion around the Sun for at least the past 250,000 yea ... more | .. |
 A New Space Policy For Europe Improving the safety and daily lives of European citizens thanks to radio navigation, guiding tractors by satellite for high-yield crops, optimizing response to humanitarian crisis... This is not sc ... more |
| .. |
 The Benefits Of Space Exploration The dawning of the space age opened our eyes to the universe and the planet we inhabit, and the ability of humankind to venture beyond Earth's atmosphere triggered a revolution in science - on this ... more | .. |
  Jugnu Set To Go Into Space In June Jugnu, the satellite being developed by IIT-Kanpur, will be launched from Srihari Kota in June. IIT-K director SG Dhande said that ISRO officials, who came to the institute a month back, had evaluat ... more | .. |
 Space Programs Can Improve Regional Stability And Prosperity Commercial opportunities along with military and humanitarian demands driving the need for sustainable space and satellite programmes across the Middle East will be in focus at the Global Space and ... more | .. |
 The Art Of Making Stars It might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact a busy star-forming complex called Rho Ophiuchi. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer, or WISE, captured the picturesque ... more |
| Previous Issues | Apr 07 | Apr 06 | Apr 05 | Apr 04 | Apr 02 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
