ROVER ABOUT TO LAND
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| CELEBRATION!!! |
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| FIRST SCREENSHOT IMAGE FROM THE MARS ROVER!! |
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Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA. Show all posts
Monday, August 6, 2012
FIRST PICTURES OF THE SURFACE OF MARS!!! GO USA!!! NASA + OLYMPICS!!! WINNING!!
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
NASA: We Found Water on The Moon
(CNN) -- NASA said Friday it had discovered water on the moon, opening "a new chapter" that could allow for the development of a lunar space station. The discovery was announced by project scientist Anthony Colaprete at a midday news conference.
"I'm here today to tell you that indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn't find just a little bit; we found a significant amount" -- about a dozen, two-gallon bucketfuls, he said, holding up several white plastic containers.
The find is based on preliminary data collected when the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, intentionally crashed October 9 into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus crater near the moon's south pole.
After the satellite struck, a rocket flew through the debris cloud, measuring the amount of water and providing a host of other data, Colaprete said.
The project team concentrated on data from the satellite's spectrometers, which provide the best information about the presence of water, Colaprete said. A spectrometer helps identify the composition of materials by examining light they emit or absorb.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Joseph Acaba: Boricua en la Luna
An old Puerto Rican tune, "Boricua en la Luna," seems almost tailor-made to describe the cosmic destiny of Joseph Acaba.
The 41-year-old schoolteacher is readying to become the first astronaut of Puerto Rican heritage.
By all accounts, the California-born Acaba, who lives in Houston, will feel Boricua even floating above planet Earth, swaddled in an orange spacesuit.
"He’s very proud of his heritage," said Shane Kimbrough, an astronaut and spaceflight veteran who trained with Acaba.
Barring delays, Acaba will launch Sunday as part of a seven-member crew on the space shuttle Discovery.
The mission: Fly to the International Space Station and deliver power-generating components...
The 41-year-old schoolteacher is readying to become the first astronaut of Puerto Rican heritage.
By all accounts, the California-born Acaba, who lives in Houston, will feel Boricua even floating above planet Earth, swaddled in an orange spacesuit.
"He’s very proud of his heritage," said Shane Kimbrough, an astronaut and spaceflight veteran who trained with Acaba.
Barring delays, Acaba will launch Sunday as part of a seven-member crew on the space shuttle Discovery.
The mission: Fly to the International Space Station and deliver power-generating components...
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