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September 14, 2009

Armadillo Aerospace Lunar Lander Concept Makes Successful Flights

They Qualify For $1 Million NASA Prize, Discusses Next Steps

Armadillo Aerospace, led by id Software founder John Carmack, successfully flew its Scorpius vehicle twice in two hours between a pair of landing pads to qualify for the $1 million top prize in NASA’s Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge.

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NASA's LCROSS Reveals Target Crater For Lunar South Pole Impacts

Mission Is Designed To Search For Ice On The Moon

NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth and the moon. The mission team announced Wednesday that Cabeus A will be the target crater for the LCROSS dual impact.

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10 Florida Elementary Schools Get A Chance To Study Space Science

Space Florida And BioServe Of Colorado Hope To Get Kids Interested In Space Research

Space Florida and BioServe Space Technologies (based at the University of Colorado), are providing an opportunity for 10 Florida elementary schools to participate in a unique International Space Station (ISS)-bound life science investigation to launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery's upcoming mission (STS-129) in November. 

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