http://www.spaceref.com/ SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:23:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/srrss.jpg http://www.spaceref.com/ 101 67 SpaceRef - Space News as it Happens http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28642 With NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:32:27 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28641 NASA's LRO Spacecraft Sends First Lunar Images to Earth Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:27:09 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28640 Phoenix Mission Research Points to Martian Climate Cycles Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:25:01 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28639 Favorable chemistry and episodes with thin films of liquid water during ongoing, long-term climate cycles may sometimes make the area where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed last year a favorable environment for microbes. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:22:15 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28638 A new image, taken with an infrared camera on the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, shows tens of thousands of previously unseen comet-shaped knots inside the nebula. The sheer number of knots is more than have ever been seen before . Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:15:48 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28637 Aerojet has completed manufacturing and assembly of an advanced 5,500-lbf LOX LCH4rocket engine. Aerojet will soon begin testing this advanced engine. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:09:53 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31683 Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 2 Jul 2009 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:07:12 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31682 All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:36:41 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31681 NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, were activated June 30. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:42:26 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28636 Three members of the International Space Station crew will board a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station and move it to a different docking port on Thursday, July 2. The journey will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:28:32 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28635 To mark its proud association with one of mankind's greatest adventures, Swiss watchmaker OMEGA brought four of the surviving Moonwalkers together along with some of the other luminaries from NASA's Apollo program. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:26:46 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28634 NASA Glenn's Software Receives Recognition Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:17:00 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28633 ATK Awarded Contract for Ares I Upper Stage Ullage Motor Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:16:02 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28632 ITT announces advanced image processing capabilities and support for SAR data from COSMO-SkyMed Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:15:15 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28631 Seambiotic USA and NASA Glenn Research Center Signed Agreement for Large Scale Microalgae Process Optimization Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:14:05