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ESA’s next long-term ISS mission has a name: OasISS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission ...

Mars Sample Return: bridging robotic and human exploration

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 21, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 0

The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realisation with the recent publication of a mission design report by the iMARS Working Group. The report, defines ...

NASA, ESA complete comparative exploration architecture study

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 09, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Over the last 6 months, representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been engaged in detailed assessment of potential programs and ...

Mars Sample Return: The next step in exploring the Red Planet

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 02, 2008 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 0

ESA and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) will be co-hosting, in cooperation with NASA and the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), an International Conference on 9 and 10 July ...

Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System Began

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 20, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today begins testing elements of a power system that is a potential candidate to provide the energy needed to support a human outpost on the moon.

Columbus, one year on orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 11, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

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.

Underwater exploration seeks evidence of early Americans

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 09, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Where the first Americans came from, when they arrived and how they got here is as lively a debate as ever, only most of the research to date has focused on dry land excavations. But, last summer's pivotal underwater exploration ...

E.T. not likely to have human-like intelligence: Astronomer

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 12, 2008 | 3.1 / 5 (30) | 5

Extraterrestrials will probably never ‘phone’ Earth in a way we’d understand as they’re unlikely to have evolved human-like intelligence – but that doesn’t mean we should give up the search for life beyond our planet, an ...

MIT report outlines goals for future of human space program

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 15, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by MIT researchers releases today the most comprehensive independent review of the future of the nation’s human spaceflight program undertaken in many years. The report recommends setting loftier ...

SPICE mission to explore the center of the solar system

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 22, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0

An imaging coronal spectrograph called SPICE (Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment), designed by scientists and engineers at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder has been selected by ESA and NASA ...

NASA Conducts Full-Scale Test Firing of Orion Jettison Motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 21, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA completed a full-scale rocket motor test on Thursday, July 17, to further development of the Orion jettison motor, which will separate the spacecraft's launch abort system from the crew ...

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