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New concept may enhance Earth-Mars communication

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 16, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (12) | 18

Direct communication between Earth and Mars can be strongly disturbed and even blocked by the Sun for weeks at a time, cutting off any future human mission to the Red Planet. An ESA engineer working with engineers ...

First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 11, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 1

An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic ...

Second firing test for Vega's Zefiro 9A solid rocket motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe’s new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy.

ESA designs its smallest ever space engine to push back against sunshine

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 10, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- This month an ESA team is preparing to test the performance of the smallest yet most precisely controllable engine ever built for space, sensitive enough to counteract the force of incoming ...

MESSENGER discovers an unusual impact basin on Mercury

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 30, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

A previously unknown, large impact basin has been discovered by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft during its second flyby of Mercury in October 2008. The impact basin, ...

NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 09, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation ...

NASA and ATK Successfully Test Ares First Stage Motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's ...

Sperm size isn't everything

Biology /

Nov 25, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

Contrary to common scientific belief, the length of a sperm's tail does not always determine how fast it can swim. Research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has shown that in the counter-intuitive micros ...

New data: Mega-quake could strike near Seattle

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 16, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (13) | 2

Using sophisticated seismometers and GPS devices, scientists have been able to track minute movements along two massive tectonic plates colliding 25 miles or so underneath Washington state's Puget Sound basin. Their early ...

Successful qualification firing test for Zefiro 23

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 31, 2008 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

On 27 March 2008, the second stage motor for Vega - Europe's new small launcher - successfully completed a static firing test at the Salto Di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia, Italy.

Successful Rocket Motor Test Helps NASA's Shuttle and Ares I

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 02, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

NASA's Space Shuttle Program successfully fired a four-segment reusable solid rocket motor Thursday, Nov. 1, at a Utah test facility. The two-minute test provided important information for continued launches of the shuttle ...

Successful first test for Vega's Zefiro 9-A solid-fuel rocket motor

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 24, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy). This was the penultimate firing test for the engine prior to ...

Record boost for ATV to raise ISS orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 20, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 1

For the second time since April, ESA's Jules Verne ATV was used to raise the orbit of the International Space Station yesterday. A record boost from the 20 minute burn of the Automated Transfer Vehicle's main engines successfully ...

Australian discovery solves mystery of the Andes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 14, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (17) | 0

A research team led by an ANU scientist has solved the mystery behind the formation of the Andes by discovering how the jostling of tectonic plate boundaries affects geological formations.

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