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6 Mar 2015
- 21:09 UTC Space Calendar March 9-15, 2015 / Vol 34, No 10 / Hawai`i Island, USA <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style=”text-align: justify;” valign=”top” width=”319″> <h3 style=”text-align: center;”><strong>United Nations Planetary Protection Focus May Evolve to Include Lunar Activities</strong></h3> <h3 style=”text-align: center;”><strong><img class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-19402″ src=”http://proof.spacecalendar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/UNCOPUOS0315.jpg” alt=”UNCOPUOS0315″ width=”314″ ...
- 20:50 UTC Astronomy.com Blog Did Ceres once have oceans and life? NASA aims to find ou... [caption image="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51/4452.DawnAtCeres.jpg" position="right" targeturl="http://cs.astronomy.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-51/4452.DawnAtCeres.jpg"]Ceres appears as a crescent in this image captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on March 1 as it eased into orbit. The image was taken from around ...
- 20:20 UTC astrobites Are Extrasolar Worlds More Likely to Be Water-rich? Earth's oceans may have originated mainly from accreted impactors. But do planets in other systems experience the same water delivery mechanism? Or do they even get more water than our ...
- 20:18 UTC Astro Watch Thermonuclear Supernova Ejects Galaxy’s Fastest Star Scientists using the W. M. Keck Observatory and Pan-STARRS1 telescopes on Hawaii have discovered a star that breaks the galactic speed record, traveling with a velocity of about 1,200 kilometers ...
- 19:59 UTC Astro Watch Air Force's Space Wing Unveils Multi-Vehicle Launch Suppo... The 45th Space Wing held a Multi-Vehicle Launch Support Center grand opening ceremony March 4, 2015, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Headquarters Building. The renovated center is ...
- 19:41 UTC NASA Watch NASA Public Affairs Is Not Interested in Dawn or Ceres Keith's note: Dwayne Brown from NASA SMD PAO only gave trivial advance notice for media to register for a telecon regarding Dawn entering orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. Dwayne ...
- 19:37 UTC RocketSTEM Philae bounces into history books The European Space Agency (ESA) led Rosetta mission, made history this past year, and, captured the attention of people around the ... The post Philae bounces into history books appeared ...
- 19:34 UTC Astro Watch Opportunity Rover Examining Odd Mars Rocks at Valley Over... NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying "Marathon Valley," a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals. Near ...
- 19:27 UTC Space Fellowship Science and Microbe Checks as Expedition 42 Trio Preps fo... Astronauts Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti were in the U.S. Quest airlock conducting airflow monitor tests, measurements and calibrations. The tests were part of the Airway Monitoring experiment that is ...
- 19:27 UTC TheSpaceWriter's Ra... Ceres Gets a Visitor Dawn Mission Achieves First-ever Orbit around a Dwarf Planet NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles ...
- 19:27 UTC Space Exploration N... Space detectives find new evidence for ancient ocean on M... There was once enough water on Mars to fill a sea the size of the Arctic Ocean, observations with a range of powerful telescopes have revealed.
- 19:19 UTC The New York Times Mars Rover Curiosity Is Suffering Short Circuits in Arm, ... NASA engineers are diagnosing an electrical problem on the Curiosity Mars rover, which may limit the drilling of rocks.
- 19:19 UTC Nature World News 'Habitable' Planet Previously Ignored by Scientists The search for life on planets outside our solar system has been long and arduous, so when recent research revealed that scientists previously ignored one such "habitable" planet, needless to ...
- 19:18 UTC What's Up? The Spac... History Is Made At Ceres! Hey Space Placers!Robert Mase, right, project manager for the Dawn mission at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, speaks at news conference, with Carol Raymond, deputy project scientist at JPL, left, at ...
- 19:17 UTC Astro Watch Orion's Launch Abort System Motor Exceeds Expectations Three seconds. That’s all it took for the attitude control motor of NASA’s Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) to prove that its material can survive not only the intense temperatures, ...
- 19:08 UTC The New York Times NASA’s Dawn Probe Begins Orbiting Dwarf Planet Ceres The spacecraft, launched in 2007, is now circling Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
- 18:41 UTC AmericaSpace NASA’s Dawn, Historic First Mission to Dwarf Planet Ceres... Newest image of Ceres from Dawn Ceres is seen from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on March 1, just a few days before the mission achieved orbit around the previously unexplored dwarf ...
- 18:39 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Take a Drone Ride into the Guts of an LHC Detector: Video The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest and most complex machine ever constructed, so it can be hard to fully appreciate its scale.
- 18:12 UTC The Universe Neptune via Voyager 2This image was taken by Voyager 2 in... Neptune via Voyager 2This image was taken by Voyager 2 in 1989 – just two hours before its closest approach (~5,000 km) to the gas giant. This image showed, for ...
- 18:10 UTC Universe Today Mars Loses an Ocean But Gains the Potential for Life It’s hard to believe it now looking at Mars’ dusty, dessicated landscape that it once possessed a vast ocean. A recent NASA study of the Red Planet using the world’s ...
- 18:01 UTC STARtorialist Happy Birthday to Carolyn Porco, lead scientist for... Happy Birthday to Carolyn Porco, lead scientist for Cassini’s imaging science team and all around amazing planetary scientist and science ambassador. In honor of her birthday, here’s a round-up of ...
- 17:58 UTC New Scientist NASA's Dawn becomes first probe to orbit dwarf planet From its vantage point around one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, Dawn could unlock a time capsule from the formation of our solar system
- 17:48 UTC Sky and Telescope Dawn Orbiter Reaches Dwarf-Planet Ceres The long-distance traveler has finally arrived at the first dwarf planet (and largest asteroid) yet studied by spacecraft. If the best things in life are worth waiting for, then it's ...
- 17:43 UTC Space-For-All at Ho... Dawn spacecraft enters orbit around Ceres Today NASA’s Dawn spacecraft went into orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt and now classified as a dwarf planet. Dawn completes historic arrival at Ceres – ...
- 17:43 UTC Physics World Blog Pioneering women of physics, why you should become a part... Excerpts from the Red Folder
- 17:42 UTC The Planetary Socie... Mini mission updates: Dawn in orbit; Curiosity short circ... Dawn has successfully entered orbit at Ceres, becoming the first mission to orbit a dwarf planet and the first to orbit two different bodies beyond Earth. I also have updates ...
- 17:39 UTC Parabolic Arc Video About Innovation at Mojave, NASA Armstrong & Edward... Video Caption: In this video, innovative ideas on the future of space travel and aerospace dynamics are the brainchild of Mojave Spaceport’s, Stu Witt; NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s David ...
- 17:37 UTC Centauri Dreams Dawn Orbits Ceres I spent the morning working on an interesting paper about detecting ‘exorings’ — ring systems like Saturn’s around exoplanets — while switching back and forth to Twitter and various Web ...
- 17:37 UTC NASA Space Station ... Science and Microbe Checks as Expedition 42 Trio Preps fo... Astronauts Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti were in the U.S. Quest airlock conducting airflow monitor tests, measurements and calibrations. The tests were part of the Airway Monitoring experiment that is ...
- 17:19 UTC Parabolic Arc Dawn Enters Orbit Around Ceres PASADENA, Calif. (NASA PR) — NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres ...
- 17:10 UTC collectSPACE.com: T... Dawn over Ceres NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Friday (March 6) became the first robotic probe to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was about 38,000 miles from Ceres when it was ...
- 17:10 UTC collectSPACE.com: S... Dawn over Ceres: NASA craft enters orbit around dwarf pla... NASA's Dawn spacecraft is in orbit... again. The first robotic probe to circle two different extraterrestrial worlds, Dawn began orbiting Ceres, the smallest known dwarf planet and largest object in ...
- 17:03 UTC Science World Repor... Possible 'Habitable' Planet GJ 581d Actually Exists A certain habitable planet may actually exist, despite prior claims. Scientists have found that a planet named GJ 581d, which was first identified in 2009 orbiting the star Gliese 581, ...
- 17:02 UTC STARtorialist This is what I wanted to save for a special post:* Space.... This is what I wanted to save for a special post:* Space Alphabet Poster from 55 Hi’s! I love the mix of astronomical objects, space exploration, and tools, especially how ...
- 16:52 UTC Rocketeers More UK spaceport news More news and updates on potential UK spaceport developments:- Airport authority says it won’t develop proposals for Stornoway or Campbeltown as Spaceports -- Island News & Advertiser Prestwick looks spaceport ...
- 16:52 UTC Space-For-All at Ho... Video: Prospects for life in Titan’s hydrocarbon seas Here’s a SETI Institute seminar given by Prof. Jason Barnes of the Univ. of Idaho who talks about the possibility of life on the Saturn moon Titan: It’s Life Jim, ...
- 16:44 UTC Rocketeers UK government supports spaceport project, cuts shortlist ... (Source: UK.gov press release) Plans for Britain to be home of Europe’s first spaceport moved a step closer today, (3 March 2015). Publishing the outcome of a 3 month consultation ...
- 16:44 UTC Coalition for Space... Book Review: Living Among Giants – Exploring and Settling... Book Review: Living Among Giants – Exploring and Settling the Outer Solar System by Michael Carroll; Book Publisher: Springer; $34.99 (Hardcover); 2015. Here is a fascinating and unique look at ...
- 16:42 UTC Space-For-All at Ho... Videos: Space to Ground ISS report + Molten metal levitat... The latest NASA Space to Ground report on Int. Space Station activities: Here is a video about an instrument used on the ISS to levitate metal while it is melted ...
- 16:41 UTC Space Fellowship NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet NASA's Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres when it was captured by ...
- 16:39 UTC Space Fellowship Use of Rover Arm Expected to Resume in a Few Days Managers of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission expect to approve resumption of rover arm movements as early as next week while continuing analysis of what appears to be an intermittent ...
- 16:38 UTC Science World Repor... NASA Dawn Spacecraft is the First Ever to Orbit Dwarf Pla... NASA's Dawn spacecraft has officially entered orbit around the dwarf planet, Ceres, as of 7:39 a.m. EST on Friday, March 6. This is the first time any spacecraft has ever ...
- 16:37 UTC Space Fellowship Hubble Sees a Young Star Take Center Stage With its helical appearance resembling a snail’s shell, this reflection nebula seems to spiral out from a luminous central star in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The star in ...
- 16:32 UTC The Planetary Socie... Dawn Journal: Ceres Orbit Insertion! Dawn's Chief Engineer, Marc Rayman, gives an update on the mission's highly anticipated arrival at Ceres.
- 16:19 UTC The Daily Galaxy NASA: "Ancient Mars Had a Vast Ocean Covering Half Its No... A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who, using ground-based observatories, measured water signatures in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have ...
- 16:16 UTC Astrobiology Magazi... Rover Examining Odd Mars Rocks at Valley Overlook NASA's Opportunity rover has found blocky rocks unlike any previously examined on Mars. The rover team has delayed other activities to further investigate.
- 16:11 UTC The Universe Black Engineers where are you? Post your LinkedIn htmls o... thee-renaissance-man:BA in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineer. University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2013.https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-goodly/41/991/457
- 16:10 UTC The Universe amazingcars:GALAXY AVENTADOR by Marcel Lech on Flickr. amazingcars:GALAXY AVENTADOR by Marcel Lech on Flickr.
- 16:01 UTC STARtorialist These were too good to save for Moonday: etsy & amnhnyc... These were too good to save for Moonday: etsy & amnhnyc teamed up to offer handmade pieces inspired by science & natural history! Here are some of the astronomy-themed items:Too ...
- 16:00 UTC NASA: Universe News NASA Invites Public to March Hubble 25th Anniversary Even... NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years of science this April 2015 with a variety of events open to the public.