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Featured, News - Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:07 - 0 Comments
AAS Statement on STS-124 and ISS
American Astronautical Society Statement on the International Space Station Partners’ Accomplishment
(May 31, 2008) The American Astronautical Society (AAS) today hailed the launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle flight STS-124 which successfully placed two new Japanese elements, the “Kibo” (Hope) pressurized Japanese Experiment Module and Remote Manipulator System, into orbit for rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). This mission is a landmark event as all the major partners’ pressurized elements for the ISS have now been launched into Earth orbit. AAS members celebrated the accomplishment of the ISS partners whose commitment to a continuous human presence in space will enable further scientific research on the effects of the space environment and micro-gravity on physical and biological systems.
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Lockheed Martin, News - Jul 31, 2008 19:55 - 0 Comments
NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended
Courtesy: NASA
Laboratory tests aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander’s robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
“We have water,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. “We’ve seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted.”
See the full press release on nasa.gov.
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Goddard Memorial Symposium - Nov 15, 2007 21:06 - 0 Comments
AAS GODDARD SYMPOSIUM — MARCH 4-6, 2008
Exploration to Commercialization:
Going to Work in Space
The 46th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium will bring together leaders in government, industry, academia, and entrepreneurs to consider the history and current state of space exploration and commercialization, and collectively discuss new plans and prospects for the future of humanity in space. This symposium offers great speakers, relevant topics and new this year: a Future Leaders Networking Reception. Check out the program - this is one Goddard you don’t want to miss!
Click here for program, transportation and hotel information.
Click here to register online.
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Lockheed Martin, News - Jul 31, 2008 19:55 - 0 Comments
NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended
Courtesy: NASA
Laboratory tests aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander’s robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
“We have water,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. “We’ve seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted.”
See the full press release on nasa.gov.
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