Member 342Phoenix lander set for May 25 touchdown on Mars: NASA (AFP)14-05-2008 14h46AFP - A US space probe sent to Mars to dig for signs of life is nearing the end of its nine-month voyage and should touch down on the Red Planet on schedule, NASA said Tuesday. NASA Rolls Out Space Shuttle Tires for Loan (SPACE.com)14-05-2008 07h32SPACE.com - When space shuttle Discovery touched down in December 2006 after spending 13 days in space traveling 5.3 million miles, it came to rest on four main landing gear and two nose gear tires. Although not much larger than a truck tire, just one of Discovery's main gear tires could carry three times the load of a Boeing 747 tire or the entire starting line-up of a NASCAR race 40 race cars all hitting the pavement at 250 miles per hour. NASA probe closing in on Mars, but will it land? (Reuters)14-05-2008 06h33Reuters - Nine months ago, NASA's Phoenix probe blasted off for Mars with an unprecedented mission to sample water on another world. Phoenix Spacecraft on Track for Mars Landing (SPACE.com)14-05-2008 02h46SPACE.com - WASHINGTON With just 12 days to go until its Mars arrival, NASA's Phoenix lander is functioning well and on course to be the first mission to land in the frigid, arctic regions of the red planet, NASA officials said today. Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)10-05-2008 14h03AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 5248 Member 2818 Member 3373 Member 2541 Member 1880 Member 162 Member 804 Member 3175 Member 1231 Member 2382 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 | |
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