News tagged with planetary laboratory
Organic compounds found in proto-planetary disks
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from scientists in the US has reported that organic compounds could be formed in proto-planetary disks, and could have seeded the development of life in our own and other planetary ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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'Mount Sharp' on Mars links geology's past and future
(PhysOrg.com) -- One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how ...
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Mar 29, 2012 |
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Michigan scientists bring special expertise to new rover mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two University of Michigan planetary scientists are vital members of the science team of the Mars Science Laboratory, which will study whether the Red Planet was ever capable of harboring ...
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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Close encounter of the rocky kind
(PhysOrg.com) -- Discovered by a UA astronomer six years ago, a city-block sized space rock will race past the Earth closer than the moon in what will be the closest encounter of an object of this size in ...
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Nov 07, 2011 |
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Astronomers plan last look at asteroid before OSIRIS-REx launch
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every six years, asteroid 1999 RQ 36 nears the Earth - by cosmic standards - and researchers are launching a global observation campaign to learn as much as possible in preparation for the ...
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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Mission possible or impossible? UA space systems engineer has the answer
Scientists have endless ideas for extraterrestrial exploration. Some are feasible, some not. In a two-part series, we look at how UA engineer Roberto Furfaro gives the red or green light to space missions. ...
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Sep 02, 2011 |
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Honing in on landing site for new Mars Rover
NASA's new Mars probe, a $2.5 billion, nuclear-powered rover the size of a small car, is at the Florida launch site being prepared for its nine-month journey to the red planet, with one key issue still unresolved ...
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Jun 29, 2011 |
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NASA to host launch tweetup for Jupiter-bound mission
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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NASA selects University of Arizona to lead sample return mission to asteroid
NASA has selected the University of Arizona to lead a sample-return mission to an asteroid. The team is led by Michael Drake, director of the the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. NASA Goddard Space Flight ...
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May 25, 2011 |
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Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images
(PhysOrg.com) -- Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard ...
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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Biosphere 2 Opens Phoenix Mars Lander Exhibit
(PhysOrg.com) -- A full-size model Phoenix Lander has landed at Biosphere 2 before it heads, ultimately, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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