Posted on 14 December 2009. Tags: 1969, Apollo 11, associate director, Bangalore, Bylalu deep space network station, Chandrayaan-1, Earth, Indian Space Research Organisation, Isro Satellite Centre, moon, scientists, Surendra Pal
Bangalore: Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) are on the brink of a path-breaking discovery. They may have found signs of life in some form or the other on the Moon.
They believe so because scientific instruments on India’s first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, picked up signatures of organic matter on parts of the Moon’s surface, Surendra Pal, associate director, Isro Satellite Centre (Isac), said at the international radar symposium here on Friday. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 November 2009. Tags: "Sickle" of Leo, 2 A.M. November 17. 2009, africa, Andromeda, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo missions, Asia, astrology, astronauts, Astronomers, atmosperic bands, atmosphere, Bill Cooke, Binoculars, Buzz Aldrin, California, Callisto, Canada, Cassiopeia, Chabot, comet, Comet Tempel-Tuttle, constellation, cosmic garbage, cosmic litter, crescent moon, Danielle Moser, Earth, East Bay, Europa, europe, Federal Aviation Administration, French astronomer Jeremie Vaubaillon, frozen crust, Galileo Galilei, Ganymede, Gemini XII, Inspiration Point on Wildcat Canyon Road, ionized atoms, Italian astronomer, Italian physicist, Jim Lovell, jupiter, late 19th century, Leo, Leonid meteor shower, liquid ocean, lunar module pilot, mercury, meteor shower, meteor storms, moons, Mt. Tam, NASA, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, New moon, North America, northeastern sky, November 11. 1966, November 2009, oakland, orbit, PAGASA, Pagasa Observatory, Pegasus, Perseus, planet, predawn sky, Renato de Leon, Russian astronomer Mikhail Maslov, San Francisco Bay Area, Satellite, scientists, sky watchers, solar system, southeastern sky, space agency, spacewalks, star, sulfuric lava, sun, Taurid meteors, Taurus, The Chabot Space and Science Center, The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Tilden Park, two-man spacecraft, United States, US National Aeronautical Space Agency, venus, volcanoes
November brings sky watchers a cornucopia of astronomical delights. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 September 2009. Tags: 10/09, 17th century, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, Afghanistan, Apollo, Apollo 11, Apollo 17, Barbados, Belgium, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dutch paintings, Ecuador, Egypt, El Mundo, france, italy, Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, Joseph Gutheinz, moon rocks, NASA, national museum, Nepal, Netherland, Nicolae Ceausescu, Nixon administration, norway, Office of the Inspector General, Poland, Rijksmuseum, Russian probe, State Department, Switzerland, the associated press, the State Department historian, Tiffany Hamelin, U.S. astronauts, U.S. government investigator, University of Arizona, Xandra van Gelder
Sept. 14, 2009 — Attention, countries of the world: Do you know where your moon rocks are?
The discovery of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands’ national museum should be a wake-up call for more than 130 countries that received gifts of lunar rubble from both the Apollo 11 flight in 1969 and Apollo 17 three years later. Read the full story
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