http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death? http://www.physorg.com/news155990881.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:59:16 EST news155990881 The search for habitable planets continues with the March 6 launch of the Kepler spacecraft, the latest in NASA's series of low cost, highly focused Discovery missions. Kepler, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., includes redundant avionics systems designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to help guide and control the spacecraft as it stares deep into space, watching for planets orbiting stars. http://www.physorg.com/news155817762.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:43:15 EST news155817762 A Japanese astronaut going to space this month will try to fly on a carpet, use eyedrops in zero gravity and meet a series of other off-beat challenges, a space agency official said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news155469901.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:06:24 EST news155469901 (PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption. http://www.physorg.com/news155405039.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:04:26 EST news155405039 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has fully recovered from an unexpected computer re-set last week and resumed its scientific investigation of Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news155404099.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:50:08 EST news155404099 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club has produced a paper model of the International Space Station (ISS) - the first designed just for children. http://www.physorg.com/news155316262.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:25:04 EST news155316262 (PhysOrg.com) -- The oldest isolated pulsar ever detected in X-rays has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This very old and exotic object turns out to be surprisingly active. http://www.physorg.com/news154871702.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:55:52 EST news154871702 NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle Discovery next month after repeated delays caused by critical valves. Shuttle managers said Wednesday they hope to launch on March 12, a full month after the original launch date of Feb. 12. http://www.physorg.com/news154866225.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:18 EST news154866225 A green-tinged comet is now buzzing by Earth, and the best chance to see this space oddball might be Monday night. http://www.physorg.com/news154623859.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:05:13 EST news154623859 (PhysOrg.com) -- Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration of growing importance as more private companies start working in space. http://www.physorg.com/news154621961.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:33:54 EST news154621961 (PhysOrg.com) -- Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2008 was the coolest year since 2000. The GISS analysis also showed that 2008 is the ninth warmest year since continuous instrumental records were started in 1880. The ten warmest years on record have all occurred between 1997 and 2008. http://www.physorg.com/news154621784.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:30:26 EST news154621784 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket set to launch NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory is now fully assembled at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. http://www.physorg.com/news154281238.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:54:51 EST news154281238 NASA's Kepler spacecraft is on its way to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life. http://www.physorg.com/news154281121.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:52:42 EST news154281121 Four NASA rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range during a three-hour span on the morning of Feb. 18, 2009. The rockets, carrying payloads that emitted glowing vapor trails that help scientists study turbulence in the upper atmosphere, launched at 12:59 a.m., 1:29 a.m., 1:59 a.m., and 2:49 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. The whitish trails, some resembling corkscrews in the sky, were visible in many parts of interior and northern Alaska. http://www.physorg.com/news154264432.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:14:28 EST news154264432 At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its four largest moons, and plan for another mission to visit Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and Enceladus. http://www.physorg.com/news154190705.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:45:51 EST news154190705 Exactly one year ago today, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at its berth on the International Space Station, signalling the start of a new era for Europe in human spaceflight. http://www.physorg.com/news153587665.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:15:07 EST news153587665 If you saw a mushroom growing in your bathroom, you'd probably bring out the heavy artillery. - Mr. Clean, astride a Howitzer http://www.physorg.com/news153408121.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:23:08 EST news153408121 Scientists and engineers who have been working on the James Webb Space Telescope mission for years are getting very excited, because some of the actual pieces that will fly aboard the Webb telescope are now being built. One of the pieces, called the Backplane, is like a "spine" to the telescope. The Backplane is now being assembled by Alliant Techsystems at its Magna, Utah facility. http://www.physorg.com/news153404171.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:16:40 EST news153404171 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers are engaged in the executive-level Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, to evaluate Discovery`s readiness for launch. http://www.physorg.com/news152900011.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:14:14 EST news152900011 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation. http://www.physorg.com/news152899667.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:08:20 EST news152899667 After days of waiting for precise aurora conditions, a team from the University of Iowa finally saw the launch of its two scientific sounding rockets from Poker Flat Research Range. The NASA rockets launched Jan. 29, just before 1 a.m. Alaska Standard Time, and flew through an auroral curtain, collecting data throughout their flights. http://www.physorg.com/news152539771.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:12:12 EST news152539771 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Carbon dioxide is the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate. http://www.physorg.com/news152462742.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:47:43 EST news152462742 (PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request to determine its orientation after an incomplete drive. http://www.physorg.com/news152385350.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:16:33 EST news152385350 (PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a tree in the forest. The tree "inhales" carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, transforming that greenhouse gas into the building materials and energy it needs to grow its branches and leaves. http://www.physorg.com/news152208800.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:13:58 EST news152208800 Today, NASA researchers announced an event that will transform our view of the Sun and, in the process, super-charge the field of solar physics for many years to come. http://www.physorg.com/news152204440.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:01:09 EST news152204440 Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working? http://www.physorg.com/news151862269.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:58:31 EST news151862269 NASA is preparing to launch NOAA'S latest polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite, called NOAA-N Prime, providing an essential resource for NOAA's weather forecasts and improving the U.S. search and rescue operations. http://www.physorg.com/news151858514.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:55:52 EST news151858514 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters. http://www.physorg.com/news151331093.html Space & Earth Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:24:53 EST news151331093 (PhysOrg.com) -- After five groundbreaking years exploring the Red Planet, the communications engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pretty much know what they are getting when another downlink from Spirit or Opportunity arrives. They know that with a typical transmission comes about 10 megabits of engineering data, another 4 megabits of science data, and around 26 megabits of images. They also realize that after the information is amassed and analyzed by the rovers' science teams that the most unique, scientifically exciting of that compiled data will be released via peer-reviewed papers, articles, science briefings and press releases. http://www.physorg.com/news151259758.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:35:58 EST news151259758 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars today is a world of cold and lonely deserts, apparently without life of any kind, at least on the surface. Worse still, it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, with an atmosphere so thin, any liquid water on the surface quickly boils away while the sun's ultraviolet radiation scorches the ground. http://www.physorg.com/news151253201.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:46:41 EST news151253201