August 2007 Top Stories
»» Digitized Apollo Flight Films Available Online
[Wednesday, August 1, 2007] Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the Moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet.
»» Online Registration Now Open for $9,000 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award
[Thursday, August 2, 2007] The X PRIZE Foundation announced the availability of online registration for a new education competition designed to interest students in space, science and technology.
»» NASA Selects Astrophysics Projects for New Science on the Moon
[Friday, August 3, 2007] NASA has selected four proposals focusing on astrophysics priorities in lunar science to facilitate the nation's exploration program.
»» Registration Opens for New NASA Engineering Design Challenge: Lunar Plant Growth Chamber
[Thursday, August 9, 2007] As space shuttle Endeavour and 10 million cinnamon basil seeds are set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station, NASA has opened registration for the Lunar Plant Growth Chamber challenge.
»» SMART-1 diagnoses wrinkles and excess weight on the Moon
[Wednesday, August 22, 2007] Owing to SMART-1's high resolution and favourable illumination conditions during the satellite's scientific operations, data from Europe's lunar orbiter is helping put together a story linking geological and volcanic activity on the Moon.
»» Total Lunar Eclipse Draws Attention Back to the Moon
[Wednesday, August 22, 2007] As August draws to an end, watchers of the night sky will be in for a treat. In the early morning hours of August 28, sky watchers across much of the world can look on as the Moon crosses in to the shadow of the Earth.
»» Lunar Mission 'Made in Germany' To Give Unique View of Moon
[Thursday, August 23, 2007] The latest plans for the Lunar Explorations Orbiter (LEO), a German lunar mission due for launch in 2012, will be presented on Wednesday 22nd August at the European Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam
»» Flares From The Far Side of the Sun May Affect Space Weather of inner Planets
[Thursday, August 23, 2007] Observations of solar flares by spacecraft at Mars, Venus and the Earth show that eruptions on the far side of the Sun may affect our "space weather" back on Earth.
»» Tuesday's Total Lunar Eclipse Favors Far West
[Sunday, August 26, 2007] The second total lunar eclipse of 2007 happens in the hours after midnight on Tuesday morning, August 28th. For North Americans, the event takes place with the Moon sinking low in the west before or during dawn.
»» NASA Invites Reporters for Lunar Mission Tests at 'Desert Rats'
[Thursday, August 30, 2007] News media are invited to spend a day with NASA's planetary rovers, robots and futuristic spacesuits as the agency tests hardware for missions to the moon. A media day for the event, known as Desert RATS, will be held Sept. 12.
