Exploration Scientist Joins the NASA Space Race

CSIRO Exploration and Mining scientist, Dr Brent McInnes - who recently worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre - says there is huge potential for US-Australian collaboration in lunar and planetary exploration technology. Read more

EU Clears the Last Political Hurdle for the Launch of the Galileo Satellite Navigation System

The European Parliament gave its backing last month to the deployment phase of Galileo, the EU’s most ambitious technology project to date and its only space-oriented one, paving the way for system to be operational in five years time. Read more

NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests

NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA’s Constellation Program. Ares I will launch the Orion spacecraft that will take astronauts to the International Space Station and then to the moon by 2020. The Ares V will carry cargo and components into orbit for trips to the moon and later to Mars. Read more

65-million-year-old Asteroid Impact Triggered a Global Hail of Carbon Beads

The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth’s crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet, say scientists from the U.S., U.K., Italy, and New Zealand in this month’s Geology. Read more

Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives At Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set

After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from May 6 to 9. Read more

Looking For an Unusual Present - Send a Name to the Moon With New Lunar Mission

NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in the lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the moon for years to come. Read more

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