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Plans and recommendations to launch the first Mars mission and to bring soil samples back to Earth are being developed by NASA and an international team. The returned soil samples will increase understanding of either the useful, or harmful, Martian soil properties and should also congeal information regarding the possibilities of life on Mars.
Read MoreIn 2009, a vehicle designed to impact the moon to determine if Moon water exists is planned, and Northrop Grumman's [NYSE:NOC] Space Technology sector is building the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
Read MoreIn 2009, a mission to impact a space vehicle on the Moon's surface to determine if lunar water exists is planned—and Northrop Grumman's [NYSE:NOC] Space Technology sector is building the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
Read MoreAccording to the South Korean government, the country will launch a lunar probe using an indigenous rocket in 2020. A development plan is being implemented in order for South Korea to become fully independent in building boosters and the unmanned probe itself.
Read MoreA cooperation agreement for joint lunar research and exploration has been signed between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos). Mr. G Madhavan Nair, the Chairman of the ISRO, and Mr. A. Perminov, the Director of Roskosmos, signed the agreement on November 12th in Moscow.
Read MoreThe Earth’s gravity is going to be used to give Rosetta an exact boost in order for the comet chasing satellite to reach its ultimate destination. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) space vehicle will approach its close encounter with Earth, for the second time, on November 13th.
Read MoreFrom The Hindu online news update service comes a story datelined in Beijing indicating the Chang’e-1, China’s lunar probe, will undergo no further orbital corrections.
Read MoreThe Honorable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), visited the Canadian Space Agency David Florida Laboratory, in Ottawa, to view the next generation commercial satellite, RADARSAT-2. This satellite will launch on December 8, 2007 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
Read MoreThe ShanghaiDaily.com online news website is reporting that the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, located in Sichuan Province in southwest China, will be the site of the nation’s first lunar satellite launch, set for October 26th. Named “Chang’e”, the satellite has been given the name of the Chinese goddess who flew to the moon.
Read MoreNewly assembled radar images from Cassini provide the best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan. A new radar image reveals that Titan's south polar region also has lakes.
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