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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 Studying observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have discovered evidence that huge swaths of Mars’ southern highlands were extensively altered by water billions of years ago. The orbital images revealed the southern hemisphere to be covered in phyllosilicates, rocks formed only in water, such as clays rich in iron, magnesium, aluminum, mica, and kaolinite. The phyllosilicates were formed between 4.6 billion and 3.8 billion years ago.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 16, 2008) So, Phoenix has been busy in the past month. First up is that sticking dirt that got stuck on top of the grate leading into one of the lander’s oven. Having gotten that soil finally into the oven, heating it up revealed no signs of water. The gasses given off by the 175° C (350° F) soil were sent into the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). With no water vapor detected, the sample was then heated to a scorching 1000° C (1800° F) to vaporize any water-formed minerals in the soil. Nada.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 16, 2008) Originally due for release on July 20th, Star Trek: Intrepid’s second episode has been delayed to some undetermined point in the future. In ‘Where There's a Sea,’ the Merchant Service's Starship Ariadne winds up in the crosshairs of an Orion raiding party. When Intrepid fails to respond to their distress signal, Ariadne’s crew must fend for themselves. When Captain Merik discovers the truth behind the incident, the fragile relationship between the Merchant Service and Starfleet worsens. Nick Cook of Star Trek: Intrepid was kind enough to send TrekUnited some images from the upcoming episode to hold us over in the meantime.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 10, 2008) Prompted by the botched reentry of the previous two Soyuz craft leaving the International Space Station, two Russian cosmonauts ventured into space to remove a faulty explosive bolt blamed for the mishaps. Oleg Kononenko and Sergei Volkov cut into the insulation of the Soyuz spacecraft docked with the ISS and removed the bolt. While there was no chance of their actions triggering the explosives, if activated, the M-80 firecracker force could have blown of their hands. The bolt was immediately secured inside a blast-proof canister.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 9, 2008) For the first time ever, water has been conclusively uncovered in samples Apollo astronauts brought back from the moon. Found inside volcanic glass beads, formed from magma in the interior o of the early moon, the discovery of water was a surprise even to the researchers who came across it. The assumption has always been that the moon is and was always dry, a consequence of it’s violent birth.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 7, 2008) With the space shuttle fleet due to retire in 2010, NASA’s making the most of their remaining time. The space agency recently set the dates for the last shuttle missions in 2009 and 2010. All will be to the International Space Station, carrying the last modules for the orbital outpost, as well as crew and supplies.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From Jul 2, 2008) Hurtling out towards interstellar space, the probe Voyager 2 has come across some surprising insights into the forces at work at the outer fringe of our solar system, confirming that interstellar wind is actually squishing our solar system. Voyagers 1 and 2 were launched more than 30 years ago and are the farthest traveled objects man has ever made.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 1, 2008) After nearly 18 years of studying the sun, the Ulysses solar probe has finally shut down. Ulysses was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 and has exceeded its expected lifespan by nearly four times, racking up 5.4 billion space miles. Ulysses, while not equipped with cameras that would give us stunning pictures like we’ve seen from other space probes, still revealed much new information about the sun’s magnetosphere and the effects of solar wind.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From July 1, 2008) In an official statement issued by Star Trek: The Experience’s operator, Cedar Fair, it has been announced that Star Trek: The Experience will be closing on September 1st, 2008, for good. The Experience opened at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1998 and features many unique Trek, well, experiences, like the Borg Invasion 4D motion simulator ride, or a stop at Quark’s Bar and Grill.
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Written by Derek Kessler on
Sunday, 20 July 2008
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 (From June 29, 2008) Speaking at the Supernova Pop Culture Expo in Perth, Australia, Nichelle Nichols - the original Uhura - revealed that during her visit to the Star Trek (2009) set, she almost snagged a cameo in the film during her discussion with JJ Abrams. Abrams apparently really wanted to make it happen, but soon after their meeting, the writer’s guild went on strike and no changes like that could be made to the script.
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