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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
18 Jan 2011, 20:01 UTC
One of the jobs for the biggest science instrument on NASA's next Mars rover will be to check for the carbon-based molecular building blocks of life.
NASA Mars Rover Will Check for Ingredients of Life
18 Jan 2011, 20:01 UTC
One of the jobs for the biggest science instrument on NASA's next Mars rover will be to check for the carbon-based molecular building blocks of life.
ESA Space Science
18 Jan 2011, 08:00 UTC
Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most powerful in the world and the only facility capable of reproducing Mercury’s hellish environment for a full-scale spacecraft.
ESA’s Mercury mapper feels the heat
18 Jan 2011, 08:00 UTC
Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most powerful in the world and the only facility capable of reproducing Mercury’s hellish environment for a full-scale spacecraft.
UK Space Agency
14 Jan 2011, 09:29 UTC
Fit for space - UK students train like an astronaut with Mission X
Fit for space - UK students train like an astronaut with Mission X
14 Jan 2011, 09:29 UTC
Fit for space - UK students train like an astronaut with Mission X
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
14 Jan 2011, 09:21 UTC
Like a scanner in orbit, the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Mars Express spacecraft has been imaging the surface of the Red Planet since 10 January 2004, spotting volcanoes, trenches, wrinkle ridges and impact craters. But before we can view the surface of Mars in 3D, the photos have to be sequenced, the data has to be checked, and only then can viewable imagery be generated. This is something that the researchers at the DLR Institute of Planetary Research and the Free University of Berlin have been doing for the last seven years.
Scanning the Red Planet
14 Jan 2011, 09:21 UTC
Like a scanner in orbit, the High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Mars Express spacecraft has been imaging the surface of the Red Planet since 10 January 2004, spotting volcanoes, trenches, wrinkle ridges and impact craters. But before we can view the surface of Mars in 3D, the photos have to be sequenced, the data has to be checked, and only then can viewable imagery be generated. This is something that the researchers at the DLR Institute of Planetary Research and the Free University of Berlin have been doing for the last seven years.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
14 Jan 2011, 01:40 UTC
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface.
Cassini Rocks Rhea Rendezvous
14 Jan 2011, 01:40 UTC
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface.
HubbleSite NewsCenter -- Latest News Releases
13 Jan 2011, 20:45 UTC
Get larger image formats These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
The Two-faced Whirlpool Galaxy
13 Jan 2011, 20:45 UTC
Get larger image formats These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
13 Jan 2011, 20:01 UTC
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation.
Partner Galaxies Wildly Different In New WISE Image
13 Jan 2011, 20:01 UTC
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner blazing with smoky star formation.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
13 Jan 2011, 14:14 UTC
January 13, 2011: Dark energy is a mysterious force that pervades all space, acting as a "push" to accelerate the Universe's expansion.
The Best Way to Measure Dark Energy Just Got Better
13 Jan 2011, 14:14 UTC
January 13, 2011: Dark energy is a mysterious force that pervades all space, acting as a "push" to accelerate the Universe's expansion.
ESA Human Spaceflight and Exploration
13 Jan 2011, 09:23 UTC
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, now working as a flight engineer on the International Space Station, is busy with a range of scientific experiments. The latest is peering inside his head to help understand how the human brain works.
