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Obituaries for November 14, 2009
Henderson :: KY :: USA | 11 days ago
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Catherine Lucille Lander Catherine Lucille Lander, 87, Henderson, passed away at 12:01 a.m...She was a member of Bennett Memorial United Methodist Church. She had worked as a grocery clerk at Dick's Foodland, Sureway and Dixie Mart...Lander; one sister,...
Tags: Henderson, Autobots, Lander, Pretenders, Human Interest
Comet-hunting probe to explore origin of the solar system
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 12 days ago
Credibility The 100-kilogram �Rosetta� probe made its third and last swing around Earth, gathering momentum and using gravity as a slingshot to power its 10-year journey through the solar system. The probe flew over the Indonesian island of Java in the Indian Ocean...
Tags: Earth, comet chaser, European Space Agency, Indonesia, Jakarta, Rosetta, Unmanned spacecraft, Comet, Space probe, Asteroid, Technology Internet, Space exploration, spaceflight, Environment, Lander, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, NEAR Shoemaker, Gravity assist, Rosetta space probe timeline
Return To The Moon: 'Apollo' vs 'Constellation'
40 years ago the "Apollo" program put men on the surface of the moon, 10 years from now, the "Constellation" program will be taking us back. There are going to be changes, yet in a lot of ways things will look the...
Tags: moon, lunar, lander, astronauts
NASA honored for Martian 'tweets'
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Shorty Award" for documenting the mission of the Mars Phoenix Lander. The Mars Phoenix Lander spent nearly five months in 2008 on the red planet conducting research. Twitter allows users to post updates or "tweets" in 140 characters or less.
Tags: phoenix lander, twitter, mars, lander, ice
Tucson Citizen: UA-led Phoenix Lander mission wins series of awards
Tucson :: AZ :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The Phoenix Mars Lander mission tasted water in soil and ice scooped from the planet's northern region. The $428 million mission led by the University of Arizona has also tasted a bevy of awards in 2008. Headed by Peter Smith and based in Tucson, the...
Phoenix probe sheds new light on Mars weather (Reuters)
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Phoenix lander has found a place where life could have existed on Mars. But scientists working with the U.S. space agency said on Monday computer models they have been using to predict what the weather would be like on the Red Planet are wrong, and more...
Nasa bid farewell to Phoenix
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Phoenix Mars Lander has lost contact with Earth, effectively ending its mission. The robot probe, which made history by finding proof of water on the red planet, had been expected to stop communicating with its Nasa handlers as it slowly froze with...
NASA declares Phoenix Mars lander dead
Pasadena :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mission managers said Monday that Phoenix had lasted long after its planned 90 days, and they celebrated the success of the spacecraft. "It's really an Irish wake and not a funeral," said Peter Smith, Phoenix mission principal investigator at the University...
Tags: phoenix, mission, lander, mars, water, Phoenix Mars Lander Appears, phoenix lander, solar panels, Barry Goldstein, increasing cold
Mars Lander Sputters Back to Life
Dust storms and inclement weather seemed to have got the better of the Phoenix Mars Lander. But the little Lander that could sputtered back to life giving scientists hope that it could continue to collect research data for a few more weeks. It seems...
Mars lander stays quiet as weather deteriorates
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Phoenix Mars lander has failed to respond to wake-up calls from Earth, a sign that it could be near its end. Mission managers sent pings to Phoenix late Wednesday and early Thursday, but it did not respond to an orbiting spacecraft passing overhead. The...
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