Mission Outline
In 1998 Carnegie Mellon University, in conjunction with LunaCorp, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, will conduct the first private lunar mission, landing a pair of teleoperated robotic vehicles on the Moon's surface. A central goal of the mission is to provide the public its first opportunity to directly participate in space exploration. Researcher's at the Robotics Institute at CMU in Pittsburgh, will design and build the Moon rovers. The customers for the mission include a theme park, television network, commercial sponsors, and scientists. A variety of educational events and activities will be coordinated with the sponsors and other interested organizations.
The mission will provide the first interactive space exploration event by placing Mission Control at a theme park. Visitors to the attraction will have the opportunity
Visit of the Ambassador of France to the Swedish Space
The Astrophysical Institute Potsdam develops CCD sensors most powerful in the world
A new breakthrough in the field of observation of the stars was conducted by scientists from the Astrophysics Institute of Potsdam in partnership with the University of Arizona and California company STA. As part of the “Instrument wide spectroscopic and polarimetric Potsdam” (PEPSI, Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument) [1], researchers have succeeded in jointly [...]
Begin development of next launcher light JAXA
JAXA has started the development phase of its new solid rocket propellant for the placing on orbit for future scientific missions in Japan. The solid rocket propulsion “ASRL (Advanced Solid Rocket Launcher) receives for the first time an actual budget in 2010, with 2 billion yen (15 million).
A solar sail demonstrator called IKAROS
The Japanese spacecraft PLANET-C Venus will be joined at its launch in May 2010 on an H-IIA rocket by a prototype solar sail called Ikaros (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun). This project is like PLANET-C, developed by the Scientific Section (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
ISAS is not his first [...]
Active volcano in France under the Lake Pavin
According to the definition of United States Geological Survey (USGS), an important American government organization, a volcano is regarded as credit if it underwent an eruption during the ten thousand last years. With this ell, the volcano responsible for the formation of the lake Pavin is indeed an active volcano.
major volcanic eruption prepare in Indonesia
Assumption seems plausible. Already, in 1835, Charles Darwin had speculated in the possibility D volcanic eruptions started by earthquakes. Aujourd today, the volcanologist David Pyle, of L university Oxford (the United Kingdom), and his colleagues Sebastian
volcanic eruptions cool the ocean
Lorsqu an important volcanic eruption occurs, immense quantities of ashes and sulphur aerosols are ejected in L atmosphere. Locally, a fall of L sunning can result from these ejected but the climate of planet N is not affected. The situation is quite different when the
good assessment for the international year of the Earth
Three important discoveries marked geology in 2008. The seed, the solid part of the core of the Earth, would be in fact made up a double structure. The Earth of L Hadeen could have been much more accessible one L did not imagine, allowing a development of the
Eruption of the Tonga islands
The area of the Tonga islands is very active as well from the point of view of the underwater volcanic eruptions as of the earthquakes. That cannot surprise the geologist since the discovery of the theory of the plate tectonics. These islands are indeed located on famous
SH002, a Sharp solar phone sold in Japan
The idea was in the air. Samsung and LG Electronics have already demonstrated prototypes and Chinese ZTE is preparing to sell the Coral-200-Solar in the countries development.
A new technology lighter
In salon SID Display Week 2009, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) has shown a curious little projector, the size of a compact camera. Its particularity is not contain any material mirror mobile, a principle commonly used in current models.
Super Falcon submarine wings
Certainly, James Bond would. Shaped like a torpedo, the machine has two main wings equipped with ailerons and a tail with two drifts back and an elevator. In short, it’s a plane. But as the penguin who does not fly, the Super Falcons, the American company Deep Flight is a submarine.
New laser NICT to the test
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announced it is conducting tests on the(satellite radar observation of the Earth) and ground facilities through the use of a laser bidirectional. It is a collaboration of NICT with the German Space Agency (DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA) launched in December.
The laser optics facilitate the sending of a large amount of information from the satellite and allow the acquisition of satellite imagery of high definition. An [...]
FY-3 Satellite Data Open to the Public
FY-3 weather satellite A, China’s new generation polar orbiting meteorological satellite, opened on May 15, 2009 its data storage and service system to the public. Both users and general public can download the data and products provided by FY-3 weather satellite via the data dissemination system, or a sharing website, or though the FTP server [...]
