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India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft reaches its final orbit

Nov 13, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 0

India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully reached its final operational orbit around the Moon on 12 November 2008. The spacecraft is now circling the Moon at an altitude of about 100 km.

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 10, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that ...

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar transfer trajectory

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 05, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

Yesterday, following a fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.

Envisat Images Hurricane Gustav

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 05, 2008 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

The development and path of Hurricane Gustav is shown via a sequence of satellite images acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 25 August, 28 August, 30 August and ...

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First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

Rosetta sees a living planet

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Images and data taken just before closest approach were downloaded this morning, and they show the lights of North America in the night and a glowing Southern Hemisphere.

LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

LCROSS Impact Finds Water on the Moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (31) | 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. Secrets the moon has been holding, for perhaps billions of years, are now being revealed to the delight of scientists ...

Elephant seals take naps while diving

Biology / Plants & Animals

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study may have solved the long-standing question of how elephants sleep during their long migrations at sea, when they can be away from land for up to eight months.

Rosetta bound for outer Solar System after final Earth swingby (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This morning, mission controllers confirmed that ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic ...

First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 12, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. ...

Seeing stars, Proba-2 platform passes its first health check

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the mini-satellite, ...

A Tale of Planetary Woe (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 5

Once upon a time — roughly four billion years ago — Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface in long rivers that emptied into shallow seas. A thick atmosphere blanketed ...

Rosetta approach on schedule

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After the trajectory correction manoeuvre on 22 October, Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path. The manoeuvre was so precise that mission controllers decided not to use ...

Mars: Chaotic terrain between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 06, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express flew over the boundary between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae and imaged the region, acquiring spectacular views of the chaotic terrain in the area.