Send Your Name Around The Earth
Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA’s Glory satellite. NASA setup a website “Send Your Name Around the Earth” which enables everyone to take part in the science mission and place their names in orbit for years to come. Participant’s name will be ecorded on a microchip that will become part of the spacecraft, they will also receive a printable certificate from NASA. Glory is scheduled for launch in June 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
NASA Supersonic Airliner Design Competition for Students
A new NASA competition is challenging students in high school and college to research and describe a small, supersonic airliner that could enter commercial service in the next decade. Individuals and teams of high school students can enter the competition by submitting well-documented short papers describing what needs to be accomplished to make supersonic flight available to commercial passengers by 2020. The competition is sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to receive the awards.
NASA Astronaut Candidate Class,Deadline approaching
For those who dreams about flying into space,there is a chance your dream may come true. NASA is accepting applications for the 2009 Astronaut Candidate Class, those selected could fly to space for long-duration stays on the International Space Station and missions to the moon. Qualifications?..A bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or math and three years of relevant professional experience or extensive experience flying high-performance jet aircraft. NASA said teaching experience, including work at the kindergarten through 12th grade level, is considered qualifying. After a six-month period of evaluation and interviews, NASA will announce final selections in early 2009. You can apply here to be an astronaut. Deadline for accepting applications is July 1.
Phoenix Found Water in Mars
NASA scientists believe that the white substance exposed by Phoenix lander while digging a trench, is ice. Initially in the bottom of the trench a white material is observed, it disappeared later,meaning it must have been frozen water. Phoenix Lander’s lead investigator, Peter Smith said “These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it’s ice.” An earlier experiment carried out on Martian soil sample zyielded no evidence of water. The $420 million Phoenix mission’s main objective was to look for water in Mars. Is this the first step towards a human settlement in Mars?
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No evidence of Water.
Phoenix probe lands safely on Mars
After a 680-million-km (423-million-mile) journey from Earth, NASA’s Phoenix probe touched down on the Martian surface. Phoenix entered the Martian atmosphere at about 21,000km/h and used a thermal shield, a parachute, then pulse thrusters to slow down to a mere 8km/h. The Spacecraft landed in the far north of the Red Planet. The probe is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water ice thought to be buried beneath the surface. Scientists say the mission should give the clearest indication yet of whether the planet could once have harbored primitive life. About half of the three dozen Mars exploration tries have failed over the past five decades. The probe was launched on 4 August 2007.
NASA Launches New Science Web Site
A new Web site has been launched by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, which provides enhanced and engaging information about NASA’s vast scope of scientific endeavors and achievements. The site will provide in-depth coverage of NASA’s past, present and future science missions with features that include:- Interactive tables and searches for Earth, heliophysics, planetary and astrophysics missions
- Resources for researchers including links to upcoming science solicitations and opportunities
- A citizen-scientist page with access to resources that equip the public to engage in scientific investigation
- Expanded “For Educators” and “For Kids” pages to provide access to a broader range of resources for learning the science behind NASA missions
- Easy-to-navigate design and an improved search engine to help find information.
Visit the new website here.
NASA shuttle crew returns
After completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space, space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour’s flight was the longest shuttle mission to the International Space Station and included a record five spacewalks.
Ulysses mission coming to end
Ulysses,a joint mission between ESA and NASA to study the environment of space above and below the poles of the Sun coming to an end. Ulysses has been in the space for 17 years which is more than four times its expected lifetime. The power to the spacecraft supplied from a radioactive isotope, has been steadily dropping. Now the spacecraft no longer has enough power to run all of its communications, heating and scientific equipment simultaneously.
(Photo Source:www.esa.int)
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