Moonstruck: NASA hits the moon twice looking for water; only fuzzy photos so farWASHINGTON — Take that, moon! US rocket crashes into moon in search of waterWASHINGTON - A NASA rocket crashed into the moon Friday, sending a huge plume of dust above the surface in an experiment scientists hope will provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters. Chinese decorative lights draw Kolkattans to marketsKOLKATA - With Diwali, the festival of lights, round the corner, Chinese manufactured decorative lights have flooded markets in Kolkata. NASA spacecraft bombs moon in search of waterHuntington (West Virginia, US), - A NASA spacecraft bombed the South Pole of the Moon on Friday in the hope of discovering water on the lunar surface. Moonstruck: NASA hits the moon twice looking for water; no live pictures yet, but coming
First of 2 NASA planned moon crashes is a hit; Scientists look for water in kicked up dustWASHINGTON — NASA has successfully bulldozed two spacecraft into the moon’s south pole in a search for hidden ice, but without the promised live photos. Smackdown: NASA probes about to connect with one-two uppercuts of moon’s south poleWASHINGTON — Two NASA spacecraft are barreling toward the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, about to crash Friday into a lunar crater in a search for ice. China makes world’s highest-resolution 3D map of Moon
India’s probe first to sniff water on moon (Second Lead)BANGALORE - India’s Moon Impact Probe (MIP) was the first instrument to detect water on the moon - way back in November last year when the spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit, space agency chief G. Madhavan Nair said here Friday. Indian scientists rejoice as Chandrayaan-1 traces ‘water’ in moonNEW DELHI - As news trickled out about Indian maiden lunar mission tracing water molecules on the moon’s surface, scientists rejoiced at the discovery and hope that it will pave the way for growing vegetation in the earth’s natural satellite in future. India’s mooncraft ‘discovers’ water on moon: US scientist (Second Lead)BANGALORE/CHENNAI - India’s maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-1 found evidence of water on the surface of the moon, a top American scientist confirmed Thursday. India’s Chandrayaan first to find water on MoonLONDON - Data from Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission, has revealed the presence of large quantities of water on the surface of the Moon, a discovery that is a significant boost for India in its space race against China. First one trillion cases of ancient maths problem solvedWASHINGTON - Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. Manmohan Singh hosts Iftar partyNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted an Iftar party here on Friday. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, several foreign dignitaries and many political leaders were among those who attended the party. Failure to launch: Obama space panel says Bush’s $100 billion plan moon return plan won’t flyWASHINGTON — A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA’s return-to-the-moon plan just won’t fly. Failure to launch: Obama space panel says Bush’s moon return plan too costly, won’t flyWASHINGTON — A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA’s return-to-the-moon plan just won’t fly. Pratibha Patil to discuss trade, energy with Russian PMMOSCOW - Indian President Pratibha Patil will meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here later Friday for talks focusing on bilateral trade and energy. Chandrayaan images debunk Apollo 15 conspiracy theory: ScientistPANAJI - In a considerable downer for space conspiracy theorists, Chandrayaan-1’s terrain-mapper camera has recorded images of the landing site of US spaceship Apollo 15 and tracks of its lunar rovers that were used by astronauts to travel on moon’s surface nearly four decades ago, a scientist said Wednesday. Doomed Chandrayaan-1 yielding useful data on Moon’s mineralogy
Doomed planet: Astronomers find planet so big and close to star it may be killing itselfWASHINGTON — Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet. North Korea reportedly invites Obama’s top envoys for nuclear talksSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has invited top envoys of President Barack Obama to visit the communist nation in what would be the first nuclear negotiations between the two countries under his presidency, a news report said Tuesday. Les Paul, guitar player and innovator who paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll, dead at age 94NEW YORK — Musicians worldwide are paying tribute to Les Paul, the music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock ‘n’ roll. He died this week at age 94. 4 women wounded in shooting at suburban Pittsburgh health club remain hospitalizedPITTSBURGH — Four of the women wounded in a shooting rampage at a suburban Pittsburgh health club remain hospitalized. Titan’s surface similar to that of EarthWASHINGTON - A new research indicates that Saturn’s haze-enshrouded moon Titan turns out to have much in common with Earth in the way that weather and geology shape its terrain. Obama tries to pull himself, US past uproar over race by meeting with officer, Harvard scholarWASHINGTON — With mugs of beer and more-carefully chosen words, President Barack Obama tried to push himself and the nation beyond an uproar over race, chatting in his garden Thursday with the black professor and the white policeman whose dispute had ignited a fierce, consuming debate. Chandrayaan beams moon’s shadow during solar eclipseBANGALORE - India’s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 captured the shadow of the moon on the earth’s surface during the July 22 total solar eclipse, an Indian space agency official said Tuesday. AP source: Obama to host professor and police officer at center of racial dispute over arrestWASHINGTON — The professor, the policeman and the president are ready to share a beer — and maybe a few thoughts about race and law enforcement in America. Obama hails Apollo 11 crew as ‘genuine American heroes’WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama welcomed the crew of Apollo 11 to the White House Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of their journey to the moon and called the three men “genuine American heroes.” Researchers: Apollo moon rocks still offering clues to origins of solar system, life on EarthST. LOUIS — Forty years after the Apollo 11 astronauts made their historic lunar landing, the rocks they collected are still helping researchers learn more about the moon, the solar system, even about how life on Earth began. Apollo astronauts dream of trip to MarsWASHINGTON - It’s been decades since they set foot on the moon, but the pioneers of the Apollo programme remain committed to exploring space with the goal of sending a human to Mars. |
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NASA makes as-yet unseen hit on moon with probes
NEW DELHI - Chinese experts have announced that the country’s space scientists had completed the world’s highest-resolution three-dimensional map of the moon.
WASHINGTON - The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) might have prematurely terminated the country’s first moon exploration mission after it lost radio contact with Chandrayaan-1 over the weekend, but the probe is already said to have yielded a treasure trove of useful data.
