Recent Event Highlights: Danish experts to probe death of 16th century astronomer - Gulf Times, Scientists probing Hayabusa 'souvenir' - The Daily Yomiuri, China starts building space station - Hindustan Times, Out of THEMIS, ARTEMIS: Earth's loss is moon's gain - UC Berkeley, China's lunar probe to photograph Bay of Rainbows - Sify, NASA Crashes on the Moon, and 99 more...
Created by dipity on Oct 9, 2009
Last updated: 12/25/10 at 06:22 AM
Moon Probe has no followers yet. Be the first one to follow.
Danish experts to probe death of 16th century astronomerGulf TimesTyge Ottesen Brahe (1546-1601), who postulated that the moon and sun both revolve around the Earth but that the other planets orbit the sun, was Danish-born ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGk4ur8pkIiciKs0nt4B1ZA1mKHDQ&url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no%3D2%26item_no%3D394811%26version%3D1%26template_id%3D39%26parent_id%3D21
Scientists probing Hayabusa 'souvenir'The Daily YomiuriMinute particles were found in a sample canister aboard the probe. Just like the stone from the moon, these particles may not be of this Earth and if ...
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHiDesezIq3LTUOa4mWP5B49_pz5g&url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/T101026005522.htm
France24China starts building space stationHindustan TimesOn October 1, China launched Chang'e-2, its second unmanned lunar mission, to hone in on a potential landing site for its third moon probe to be launched in ...China Planning Space Station Launch In 2020RedOrbitChina says manned space station possible around 2020AFPChina launches manned space station programmeDeccan Heraldall 202 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFYaZ6mS8Ly-bqF5gzoJ4M-l6K_3Q&url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/China-starts-building-space-station/Article1-618699.aspx
UC BerkeleyOut of THEMIS, ARTEMIS: Earth's loss is moon's gainUC BerkeleyThe first probe (P1) settled into an orbit around the L2 Lagrange point, located on the far side of the moon, on Aug. 25, 2010, and is now joined by the ...and more »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGRp8W4ef96XrOHAbrL-7FhU5gIqw&url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2010/10/27_artemis_moon_mission.shtml
China's lunar probe to photograph Bay of RainbowsSifyBeijing, Oct 27 (IANS) China's lunar probe Chang'e-2 was manoeuvered to an experimental orbit Tuesday evening for taking pictures of the moon's Sinus ...China's lunar probe ready to photograph Bay of RainbowsXinhuaall 15 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHlzj2fcLFqSLbP3aZdAwKXnJ2-gg&url=http://sify.com/news/china-s-lunar-probe-to-photograph-bay-of-rainbows-news-international-kk1gEigcfci.html
Israel TodayBen-Ari asks UN to probe US for war crimesJerusalem PostNational Union MK Michael Ben-Ari urged UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on Monday to investigate actions by the American military in Iraq that may ...Ben-Ari asks UN to probe US for war crimesJerusalem PostIsraeli lawmaker calls for arrest of US war criminalsIsrael Todayall 11 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE8lQKxVAMZbMrchyZ0Gtx-GcF7GQ&url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id%3D192785
Excerpt
...on the moon, NASA scientists have now said the earth's satellite is not only rich in more Space probes have been crashing into moons and planets since the dawn of the space age. more Scientists confirm water from lunar probe A head-on collision by a NASA...
Source Info
NewsPlurk
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npust/~3/aoqKLTGaE6k/nasa-crashes-on-moon.html
Globe and MailWater on the Moon: a Billion GallonsABC News... LCROSS lunar-impact probe mission found up to a billion gallons of water ice in the floor of a permanently-shadowed crater near the moon's south pole. ...Scientists confirm water from lunar probeABC OnlineMoon's Silver Hints at Lunar Water OriginsNational GeographicNASA: Moon Has More Water Than We ThoughtInternational Business TimesBBC News -The Hindu -Macleans.ca (blog)all 937 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFd-9Beh9UotxpFNmV4yFY0DDp6vQ&url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/water-moon-nasa-impact-probe/story?id%3D11939079
NASA to Discuss Findings Thursday from Lunar Probe's SacrificeSpace.comNASA's $79 million LCROSS probe smashed into a crater near the moon's south pole, kicking up a huge debris plume that contained significant amounts of water ...and more »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHsOre0t4eKIqbHcs9EVVSVjQvQ1g&url=http://www.space.com/news/nasa-moon-probe-crash-update-101018.html
Excerpt
...but another Asian country has moon plans of its own: India. Like China, India is hoping to build on the success of its first moon probe called Chandrayaan 1 with a robotic sequel, Chandrayaan 2. The probe is slated to launch in 2013, long after China's current Chang'e 2...
Source Info
Space.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/spaceheadlines/~3/fbvif5PADGc/indian-chandrayaan2-moon-mission-101009.html
Excerpt
...testimony and telephone records that Israeli spies could have manipulated. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says the UN Tribunal will press ahead with the probe against the assassination of former Lebanon prime minister Rafiq al Hariri in 2005...
Source Info
International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/69588/20101007/un-chief-moon-un-tribunal-hariri-assassination-probe-un-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon.htm
Excerpt
...new moon probe arrived at its destination today (Oct.6) after firing its braking thrusters to enter into lunar orbit, according to state media reports. The unmanned spacecraft Chang'e 2 is China's second moon orbiter. It entered a 12-hour orbit around the...
Source Info
Space.com
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/china-change2-moon-probe-maneuver-101006.html
Spaceflight NowChina's New Moon Probe Arrives in Lunar OrbitSpace.comChina's new moon probe arrived at its destination today (Oct.6) after firing its braking thrusters to enter into lunar orbit, ...Second Chinese Lunar Probe LaunchedAviation WeekChina Targets The Moon With Lunar Chang'e-2 Probe LaunchSoft SailorChina To Send Humans To Moon Before IndiaBernamaSoftpedia -The Daily Maverick -Metroall 44 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHRaUEhw2bQqHSR3U-fbE0or9kIUQ&url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/china-change2-moon-probe-maneuver-101006.html
China's unmanned lunar probe Chang'e II has arrived at the moon and settled into orbit. . Follow us on twitter at twitter.com .
Talk-show,streamed from MNN.ORG NYC.Topics:science and technology news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.
China successfully launches a lunar probe.
Excerpt
...Asian competitors to reckon with as it vies to become the second nation to put a man on the moon. India landed a lunar probe in 2008, and a top official said in January it was targeting a manned space mission in 2016. Japan, meanwhile, launched its first lunar...
Source Info
Ninemsn
http://currentaffairs.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8097228/china-moon-probe-launched
(composite video - in English from 3.15+) China launched its second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2 on Friday, inaugurating the second phase of a three-step moon mission, which will culminate in a soft-landing on the moon. At 6:59:57 pm, the satellite blasted off on a Long March 3C carrier rocket from No. 2 launch tower at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. "Chang'e-2 lays foundation for the soft-landing on the moon and further exploration of outer space," said Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar orbiter project. Chang'e-2 entered the orbit with a perigee of 200 kilometers and apogee of 380000 kilometers as scheduled. There it separated from the carrier rocket. It was the first time that a Chinese lunar probe directly entered the earth-moon transfer orbit without orbiting the earth first. "It is a major breakthrough of the rocket design, as it saves energy used by the satellite and speeds up the journey to the lunar orbit," said Pang Zhihao, a researcher with the China Academy of Space Technology..... Chang'e-2, named after a legendary Chinese goddess of moon, will orbit 100 kilometers above the moon, compared with 200 kilometers for Chang'e-1. Total expenditure for the Chang'e-2 mission is about 900 million yuan (134.33 million US dollars). China launched its first lunar probe, Chang'e-1, in October 2007, marking a milestone in the country's space exploration. news.xinhuanet.com China launches lunar probe Chang'e-2 www ...
Excerpt
...There it separated from the carrier rocket. It was the first time a Chinese lunar probe directly entered the earth-moon transfer orbit without orbiting the earth first. "It is a major breakthrough of the rocket design, as it saves energy used by the satellite...
Source Info
Shanghai Daily
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=450852
www.timesofearth.com Chinese media are reporting on the successful launch of Chang'e 2, an unmanned moon probe that is playing a key role in the country's effort to scale up its lunar exploration program. Chang'e 2 will take five days to reach a 100 km lunar polar orbit. It is carrying a laser altimeter, a CCD camera, and an impactor that will be dropped from the probe onto the moon's surface at a prospective landing site for a future lander. This week on Spacedaily.com, space analyst Morris Jones questioned why China chose to launch Chang'e 2 on a more powerful Long March 3C rocket instead of the Long March 3A used to carry Chang'e 1. Yong-Chun Zheng of the National Astronomical Observatories in Beijing tells Nature that the choice was made because the Long March 3C would get the probe to the Moon more quickly, in five days instead of 12. A key point seems also to be the desire to scale up the China National Space Administration's capabilities in preparation for the expected launch of a moon lander in 2013. "The key technology about soft landing on the Moon will be tested in the CE-2 mission. The success of CE-2 will provide important technical basis for the successful implementation of China's future lunar exploration," says Zheng in a message on the Lunar-L listserv .
Excerpt
...the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize contest for private teams capable of building and launching robot lunar probes. So the moon, Garver said, will continue to be a target for both government and private space exploration. But that doesn't mean the agency...
Source Info
Albequerque Express
http://story.albuquerqueexpress.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/39152773/
Excerpt
...efforts to rise as a major space power eventually more XICHANG, Sichuan, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chang'e-2, China's second moon probe, has entered the earth-moon transfer orbit as it separated from the carrier rocket more By Katia Moskvitch Science reporter,...
Source Info
NewsPlurk
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/npust/~3/paIMhBamjsQ/china-launches-2nd-lunar-exploration.html
China launches second lunar probe: state TV www.physorg.com Space Spin - ESA to track China's second Moon probe Chang'e-2 spacespin.org
ReutersChina's 2nd moon probe Chang'e-2 enters earth-moon transfer orbitXinhuaXICHANG, Sichuan, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chang'e-2, China's second moon probe, has entered the earth-moon transfer orbit as it separated from the carrier rocket ...China moon probe launch a successNature.com (blog)China's Chang'e II launches moon probe in preparation of landing in 2012Examiner.comAn artist's interpretation of China's Chang'e 1 lunar orbiter. Credit: CNSA ...Space.comABC News -TG Daily -RedOrbitall 661 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH4qxnwZ03bQR5cQbSqJkpeox9YMA&url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2010-10/01/c_13539114.htm
China prepares to launch a lunar probe.
Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: moon-traveller, or moon vehicle pronunciation (help·info)) was India's first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft by a modified version of the PSLV, PSLV C11 on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north of Chennai, at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC). The mission was a major boost to India's space program, as India researched and developed its own technology in order to explore the Moon. The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008. On 14 November 2008, the Moon Impact Probe separated from the Chandrayaan orbiter at 20:06 and struck the south pole in a controlled manner, making India the fourth country to place its flag on the Moon. The probe impacted near Shackleton Crater at 20:31 ejecting underground soil that could be analysed for the presence of lunar water ice. The estimated cost for the project was Rs. 386 crore (US$ 90 million). The remote sensing lunar satellite had a mass of 1380 kilograms (3042 lb) at launch and 675 kilograms (1488 lb) in lunar orbit. It carried high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, and soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it was intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a ...
Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: moon-traveller, or moon vehicle pronunciation (help·info)) was India's first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft by a modified version of the PSLV, PSLV C11 on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north of Chennai, at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC). The mission was a major boost to India's space program, as India researched and developed its own technology in order to explore the Moon. The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008. On 14 November 2008, the Moon Impact Probe separated from the Chandrayaan orbiter at 20:06 and struck the south pole in a controlled manner, making India the fourth country to place its flag on the Moon. The probe impacted near Shackleton Crater at 20:31 ejecting underground soil that could be analysed for the presence of lunar water ice. The estimated cost for the project was Rs. 386 crore (US$ 90 million). The remote sensing lunar satellite had a mass of 1380 kilograms (3042 lb) at launch and 675 kilograms (1488 lb) in lunar orbit. It carried high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, and soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it was intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a ...
Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चंद्रयान-१, lit: moon-traveller, or moon vehicle pronunciation (help·info)) was India's first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft by a modified version of the PSLV, PSLV C11 on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north of Chennai, at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC). The mission was a major boost to India's space program, as India researched and developed its own technology in order to explore the Moon. The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008. On 14 November 2008, the Moon Impact Probe separated from the Chandrayaan orbiter at 20:06 and struck the south pole in a controlled manner, making India the fourth country to place its flag on the Moon. The probe impacted near Shackleton Crater at 20:31 ejecting underground soil that could be analysed for the presence of lunar water ice. The estimated cost for the project was Rs. 386 crore (US$ 90 million). The remote sensing lunar satellite had a mass of 1380 kilograms (3042 lb) at launch and 675 kilograms (1488 lb) in lunar orbit. It carried high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, and soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it was intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a ...
Block 2 of the Ranger project launched three spacecraft to the Moon in 1962, carrying a TV camera, a radiation detector, and a seismometer in a separate capsule slowed by a rocket motor and packaged to survive its low-speed impact on the Moons surface. The three missions together demonstrated good performance of the Atlas/Agena B launch vehicle and the adequacy of the spacecraft design, but unfortunately not all on the same attempt. Ranger 3 was launched into deep space, but an inaccuracy put it off course and it missed the Moon entirely. Ranger 4 had a perfect launch, but the spacecraft was completely disabled. The project team tracked the seismometer capsule to impact just out of sight on the lunar far side, validating the communications and navigation system. Ranger 5 missed the Moon and was disabled. No significant science information was gleaned from these missions. The craft weighed 331 kg. en.wikipedia.org
China plans to launch its 2nd lunar probe in October - in advance of manned mission.
MOXNews.com February 26, 2010 News Corp
Final six minutes of NASA's LCROSS mission to detect the presence of water in the Cabeas crater.
tantaonews.com Chinese space program officials say a lunar probe will be launched next year, with a moon landing project targeted for 2013. The program highlights China's growing ambition for space exploration.
Excerpt
China's second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, will be launched in October 2010, a top space scientist said Thursday.
Ye Peijian, chief designer of the nation's first moon probe, told the third International Conference on Space Information Technology in
Source Info
People's Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90881/6825588.html
www.timesofearth.com WASHINGTON - A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the moon, Nasa, the US space agency, has said. NASA scientists say the frozen water was found as a result of last month's dramatic experiment that sent two spacecraft crashing into the moon's surface. One of the rockets slammed into the permanently shadowed Cabeus crater near the moon's southern pole. The second rocket found water present in samples taken from the plume of material that billowed up from the bottom of the crater after the impact. The principal investigator for the $85 million mission, Anthony Colaprete, says the find is significant. "We found water and we didn't find just a little bit we found a significant amount," he said. "If you remember about a month ago we were talking about teaspoons going into glasses over football fields. Well now I can say today that in the 20 to 30 metre crater we found, maybe about a dozen of these two gallon buckets of water." Co-investigator Peter Schultz says the discovery could be important to future planning for moon missions. "This whole mission was built with the idea to see if we could find water so we didn't have to carry it with us," he said. "Water is very expensive - $US100,000 per gallon I believe - it's really really expensive stuff to bring up so finding it, having it there we can do things with it. "We can recycle it, we can clean it, we can use it for fuel or use it for food." The discovery has put the spotlight once ...
NASAs Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a smashing success, returning tantalizing data about the Centaur impact before the spacecraft itself impacted the surface of the moon. This video shows the impact flash at 53 seconds from the spacecraft's mid infrared camera. Credit: NASA
The latest video release. sorry for the mix up.
Reflections of the moon probe landing last night. What a waste of time..... ... contessaoreilly australia nasa "moon probe" "star trek"
Taken by a Amateur Astronomer. View more pictures at hnsnetwork.com
Was NASA's moon probe a lunar letdown for spectators?
ALIENS SHOOT DOWN NASA LCROSS PROBE BEFORE MOON IMPACT - pindz.blogspot.com - annunaki.wz.cz
Oct.9, 2009 Probe Lands on Moon"EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE",United States Bombs Moon
I've done some brightness and contrast work on the impact shot (taken from what NASA referred to as the shepherd probe) and it turns out that there IS a small flash visible on the rim of the Cabeus crater). The impact was caused by a fast moving stage of the Centaur rocket - fast is an understatement, imagine this thing hitting your house at twice the speed of a bullet! Early reports indicate that there was water vapour detected, which is pretty cool for science. Wooo!
Scientists worldwide are keeping an eye on the sky. They're watching the huge clouds of lunar soil kicked up by a NASA probe which smashed into the moon on Friday. The goal of NASA's ambitious project is to try to find water under the moon's surface. But what secrets can this mission reveal? RT's Priya Sridhar talks to space expert from NASA James Obers.
NASA Probe LCROSS Impact to Moon. Naraz sondy LCROSS NASA do mesice. Part II.
NASA Probe LCROSS Impact to Moon. Naraz sondy LCROSS NASA do mesice. Part I.
NASA has successfully steered an empty rocket hull into the moon's south pole in a search for hidden ice. (Oct. 9)
MOXNews.com October 09, 2009 CNN
Excerpt
...rocket hull smacked the moon's south pole at 7:31 a.m. EDT Friday. Then four minutes later the camera-and-instrument laden space probe made its death plunge. The smaller probe had five cameras and four other scientific instruments and NASA had touted live...
Source Info
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
http://www.star-telegram.com/190/story/1672289.html
Update Sources