WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's completed a review designed to help determine the systems needed to establish an outpost on the moon.
HOUSTON, July 15 (UPI) -- Russian cosmonauts worked Tuesday outside the International Space Station, prepping the outpost's Russian portion for next year's arrival of a lab module.
... and its Space Enterprise Council.
"NASA faces a challenge in planning the layout for its outpost, which is expected to begin operations in 2020," said William "Red" Whittaker, chairman and chief ...
Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study.
... that might become part of actual lunar exploration.
"We had many factors to consider in developing this outpost cover - not just being able to protect against radiation," Sieber says. "The product ...
... oxygen to breathe, grow food, create water and burn rocket fuel – to make a space outpost a reality - is trapped in its soils.
Scientists from NASA and Case Western Reserve are designing and testing ...
... with the discovery of water, but
scientists still need to decide how to build such a lunar
outpost.
One design under consideration draws inspiration from bouncy
castles. The "inflatable habitat" ...
... strides toward the development of new nuclear reactors the size of a trash can that could power a human outpost on the moon or Mars. Three recent tests at different NASA centers and a national lab ...
... particles and produce the best feedstock for an oxygen generator. Scientists are designing and testing components of the generator, which would provide oxygen needed for a lunar or Martian outpost.
... Reiter started his journey back to Earth yesterday evening when Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station. Reiter spent a total of 166 days living on the orbiting outpost.
(AP) -- NASA's newest outpost in the solar system is a polygon-cracked terrain in Mars' northern polar region believed to hold a reservoir of ice beneath. Hours after the Phoenix Mars Lander softly ...
... Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery closed in on the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a Japanese research laboratory, a new crew member and a repair kit for the outpost's faulty toilet.
... ) - Spacewalking astronauts slipped outside the International Space Station on Sunday to work on the outpost's cooling system and finish outfitting Japan's newly arrived Kibo research laboratory.
... and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been engaged in detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the Moon.
... and Sensing Satellite (http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/) with a 2009 launch date. Verification of water on the Moon's surface is an important step in progress toward an eventual manned lunar outpost.
