Sentences with phrase «own planetary exploration»

«It's long been a goal in planetary exploration to send a dedicated probe into the atmosphere of Saturn, and we're laying the groundwork for future exploration with this first foray.»

By adapting ideas from robotic planetary exploration, the human space program could get astronauts to asteroids and Mars cheaply and quickly

Sykes was a co-editor of a bluntly titled editorial, «JWST Threatens Planetary Science», published on 8 September in the Planetary Exploration Newsletter.

Not only would they be interesting places to position a space station, but from there China could perform planetary exploration, both in piloted and automated mode.

Possible candidates for robotic planetary exploration missions include Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets and Titan

As director of the Planetary Exploration and Space Astronomy directorate of the Space Science branch, I lead the group that has sponsored this project.

My advice to young people wanting to get into planetary exploration or any space field is to make use of undergraduate work experience opportunities such as co-op programs and similar programs.

It will demonstrate that Canada is a reliable partner in planetary exploration missions of the future, and more importantly, Canadian scientists will benefit from this wonderful opportunity.

«There is an urgent need to determine the precise age and composition of the Moon's youngest volcanism,» says James Head, a specialist in planetary exploration at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

And science has progressively become a bigger part of missions run by both the China National Space Administration (CNSA), which governs lunar and planetary exploration, and the China Manned Space Agency.

«The planetary programme is one of the shining examples of NASA at its best,» says Alan Stern, vice-president of research and development in the space science and engineering division at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, who coordinated the nationwide Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Bake Sale.

«It's frustrating because it should be a golden age of planetary exploration because there's so much data that's coming in, but what's missing is the commitment of funding to interpret the measurements,» says Jim Bell, associate professor of astronomy at Cornell University and a science team member on the twin Mars rover mission.

«Dawn really reflects a big departure from what we used to do in planetary exploration,» Russell adds.

Robotic planetary exploration began a half century ago with sobering reality checks: our nearest neighbors — the moon, Mars and Venus — were fairly horrible places for life.

It was designed to test a number of new technologies for planetary exploration, including a camera capable of sending 360 - degree video images to operators back home, sensors and metal detectors for uncovering meteorites, and a new navigational system called safeguarded teleoperation.

The annual Texas gathering of planetary scientists featured new research from across the solar system, as well as a good deal of anger directed at politicians looking to cut back on planetary exploration

Lunar and Planetary Exploration Team director Junichiro Kawaguchi said that the moon base would allow two or three astronauts to stay for up to half a year at a time.

NASA, too, is feeling the pinch, as it juggles Mars planning, support of the troubled space shuttle fleet, lagging construction of the International Space Station, and an ambitious program of planetary exploration.

In addition to being a first for humanity, the $ 1.4 billion Rosetta mission marked a strikingly ambitious effort for ESA's planetary exploration program.

But V. Sundararamaiah, ISRO's scientific secretary, says the agency hopes to create a dozen or so junior research fellowships at select institutes and universities to serve the needs of its planetary exploration program.

Only one will be chosen for flight as the fourth mission in the planetary exploration program; the APL - led New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt was the first New Frontiers mission ever selected.

Planetary exploration is the worsthit area — 40 percent.

Are images really the most significant products of planetary exploration?

The skintight, pressurized suit would not only support the astronaut, but would give her much more freedom to move during planetary exploration.

«The exploration of Pluto and its moons by New Horizons represents the capstone event to 50 years of planetary exploration by NASA and the United States,» said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

NASA may have to draw money from other Mars missions as well as the agency's larger planetary exploration programme to pay for the MSL delays, but did not specify which projects would be affected.

Its morphing design means it should be less unwieldy than today's suits and allow astronauts to be more efficient, both during spacewalks and in planetary exploration, Jacobs told the...

Governments and private companies alike abide by Article IX of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which calls for planetary exploration to avoid contaminating both the visited environment and Earth.

Johnson felt the committee hadn't spent enough time discussing several major NASA programs, including the fate of the International Space Station, the status of several planetary exploration missions, and a proposal by President Donald Trump to kill the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, a $ 3 billion plus instrument under development.

The cost - capped New Frontiers program, with $ 850 million set out for the mission and about $ 150 million for the launch, is the largest planetary exploration line that NASA opens to outside competition and leadership.

In academic research we are a «significant player in the European Space Agency science programme,» with a key role in a large number of areas, including earth observation, planetary exploration, and studies of the sun.

This allows NASA to maintain critical momentum in rebuilding its planetary exploration program, preserve its Earth science missions, and to begin work on the next generation of space telescopes.

Researchers hope such hardy bugs could help future planetary exploration missions extract minerals from rocks or recycle waste on remote planets, allowing something like a permanent moon or Mars base to operate self - sufficiently.

AKATSUKI (PLANET - C) is the next planetary exploration project for the Martian orbiter NOZOMI.

A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned, but nonetheless dramatic, end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury's surface at about 8,750 mph and created a new crater on the planet's surface.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

The meeting's sessions cover a wide range of topics, including volcanology, planetary exploration, the Earth's internal structure and atmosphere, climate, energy, and resources.

Melissa Guzman, Astrobiologist at Nasa Ames, stated: «The image of students building plant growth payloads and communicating virtually from labs in California, Lima, and Dubai is exciting for the future of planetary exploration and astrobiology.

The letter from The Planetary Society (TPS) strongly endorses the funding levels for planetary exploration, which receive a boost, but is silent on other provisions.

«For anyone who wants to understand how planetary exploration actually occurs, this book is essential reading.

In the very early days of planetary exploration, the agency's strategy was to launch pairs of spacecraft to Mars so that if one of the spacecraft failed, the other could pick up the torch.

Dr. Stern: Let me start by saying that the normal progression in planetary exploration begins with flybys and proceeds with orbiters and more complex missions.

But the 2016 budget is already an exciting step forward in planetary exploration, and yes, we are finally on our way back to Europa.

And with more than two dozen other spacecraft scattered throughout the rest of the Solar System, planetary exploration has been keeping apace.

Planetaria (formerly The Meridiani Journal) is a chronicle of planetary exploration, both in our own Solar System and beyond.

Robot probes, like Curiosity, will be the foundation of deeper planetary exploration to Mars and beyond.

After focusing on art and design through high school and college, and then following related pursuits, he decided to «return to his roots» and started his blog The Meridiani Journal in 2005, which was a chronicle of planetary exploration.

Participants are highly qualified science and engineering post-docs, recent PhDs, and doctoral students with a strong interest in planetary exploration.

Repeating what others in the administration have been saying, Holdren told Rep. Donna Edwards (D - MD) the Mars program is «robust» despite the budget constraints and «we have not, by any means, given up our leadership in planetary exploration.»

NASA's MAVEN Mission Spurs Human Planetary Exploration Beyond Near - Earth Orbit forbes.com, Mon., July 29, 2013