Mars would have had a great ocean in the past
AOL Latino News & Agencies) .- A new map of the valleys of Mars developed by Northern Illinois University, next to the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston supports the theory that an ocean covered the red planet's northern hemisphere.The technique used to map the Martian terrain is an innovative computer program to produce a more detailed global map of the network of valleys of the red planet itself that has led scientists to think of similarities between the mountain systems Martians and earthlings.
Furthermore, the densest regions in valleys form a belt around the planet between Ecuador and latitudes of the southern half, which is consistent withIn video: SMOS first satellite to map the salinity of the seas
Projects of the ESA (European Space Agency), European satellites SMOS (Mission study soil moisture and salinity of the oceans) and Proba-2 has just been launched by a Russian rocket from the Baikonur Rockot Russian Plesetsk. Launched this Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2 am 50, the satellite SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) will be the first to map the salinity of the ocean surface and to monitor soil moisture. It will thus refine our understanding of the water cycle on Earth. This information will help improve weather forecasts, including extreme events and climate, that is to say large-scale and long term.SMOS is part of Planet Living intended to provide data on critical issues identified byIn Plesetsk preparing to export satellites “SIOS” and “Trial-2″ rockets to the launch pad “Rokot”
Yesterday at the Plesetsk space center have been working on the final assembly of the head of the space rocket “Rokot”, which on Nov. 2 should be put into orbit two satellites for the European Space Agency: “SIOS» (SMOS) and sample-2 »(Proba-2). Build HGC concluded a long period of joint operations in preparation for the [...]
Mars Atmospheric Acquisition and Compression (MAAC)
The most readily available resource on Mars is the atmosphere. Hence, carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes up more than 95% of the atmosphere, is the primary resource being considered for early Mars missions. However, the Mars atmospheric pressure is only 6 to 10 torr (0.1 to .15 psi), while most ISPP processes [...]
AUSSIES FIRST TO SEE LIKELY BLACK HOLE BIRTH
Australian astronomers may be witnessing what has never been seen before - a black hole being born as the core of a super-massive star collapses in on itself.And they have been pulling out all the stops in the [...]
The asteroid Pallas seen by Hubble a protoplanet in the freezer
Taken in 2007 by the Hubble telescope, an image of the surface of the asteroid Pallas eventually talk. It reveals what planetary scientists have suspected for some time. Pallas is a protoplanet in the freezer, instructive relic of the early days of the formation of solar tendering system leads.
The theory of the formation of planets [...]
The Montparnasse Tower is also a particle detector
As part of the International Year of Astronomy and the European Week of Physics of Astrophysics, various events are held and will end October 17, 2009. On this occasion, the Montparnasse tower acts as a detector of cosmic rays! Astroparticle physics has recently incorporated as a separate discipline, like the astrophysical relativity and especially of [...]
WorldView-2 Released
DigitalGlobe, commercial company dedicated to capturing high-resolution images of the earth’s surface, has placed its new WorldView-2 satellite in synchronous orbit. The launch ramp was from SLC-2W Vandenberg base in California, by a Delta rocket, 7920, at 18:51 UTC on 8 October. Released at 62 minutes into flight, the satellite is a new step forward [...]
A giant new ring around Saturn!
Some astrophysicists and foresaw the coming of the show through the instruments of Spitzer, before its reserves of helium liquid being exhausted. There is a ring of dust around Saturn associated with Phoebe, one of its moons. It is the largest of all the rings of Saturn and it could provide an explanation to the [...]
Cosmodrome Plesetsk today delivered the spacecraft Proba 2 ( “Sample 2″).
At Plesetsk begins a campaign for the launch vehicles “Rokot” with two European spacecraft SMOS ( «SIOS) and Proba 2 (” Sample 2 “), which is scheduled for November 2. One of the two spacecraft, a technology demonstrator “Proba-2″, today was brought to the Plesetsk. Check spacecraft “SIOS” at the cosmodrome is planned in mid-September.
“Trial-2″ [...]
First manned space flight by shuttle successor, not before 2014
Technical and financial difficulties can shake optimism - More sophisticated planning meet the requirements are more confident
11. August 2008 NASA has altered their own plans for the Constellation program to develop a manned space system as a replacement for the Space Shuttle so when she moves to launch the first manned Orion space vehicle to [...]
IT can reduce the consumption of aircraft
2%: the quantity of fuel has saved over several months using a computer optimizing the route of airliners. Lufthansa Systems has presented the results at the Singapore air show. Minimize the distance traveled by an aircraft between departure and arrival is not a simple calculation that in al ‘air … Of course, for long distances, [...]
Corot-7b, the smallest known extrasolar planet is rocky!
The longest observation stage of a star ever made with the HARPS instrument confirmed the nature of the extrasolar planet COROT-7b by unveiling its mass, equivalent to five times that of Earth. This exoplanet is hitting record: it is the smallest extrasolar planet known and also the speed orbital fastest … but also and especially [...]
Mexican Senate voted to create space agency project in 2009
The Mexican Senate on Friday pledged to vote before the end of September a project promoted by scientists for the creation of the Mexican Space Agency (AEXA) in 2009, which will have a launch base for an underwater habitat and research. The compromise was adopted after the commission of the Senate Science and Technology heard [...]
Soyuz to the ISS takes two astronauts and a fire-eater
A rocket Soyuz-FG took off this morning from Baikonur carrying into space the spacecraft TMA-16. On board, two members of Expedition 21 are accompanied by a space tourist and the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil. This morning at 10 am 14 hours in French, Jeffrey Williams (USA) and Maxim Suraev (Russia), flight engineers of [...]
