News Articles with Category: Space
September 8, 2014 – via NASA GRC
The mission concept we propose to study will investigate a full spectrum of oceanographic phenomena: chemical composition of the liquid, surface and subsurface currents, mixing and layering in the “water” column, tides, wind and waves, bathymetry, and bottom features and composition. Measurements of all these aspects of Titan’s hydrocarbon ocean environment can only be made through focused in situ exploration with a well-instrumented craft.
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June 5, 2014 – via NASA
Plan from Glenn Research Center would send a submarine to explore the depths of the lakes at the north pole. Specifically, it would dive below the surface of Titan’s largest lake: Kraken Mare, which is more than 600 miles long and nearly 1,000 feet deep.
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August 3, 2013 – via Space.com
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a icy shell with an underground ocean. The new movie ‘Europa Report’ is based on real science, and NASA ideas about how to explore Jupiter’s fourth largest moon.
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September 27, 2012 – via Europlanet
The probe, which is still in the concept stage, is known as TALISE – that stands for Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer
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April 24, 2012 – via Discovery News
The robot, a 10-inch-wide, six-foot-long cylinder called VALKYRIE, would melt the ice ahead of it and leave the power plant on the surface.
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April 19, 2012 – via Wired
Future extraterrestrial rovers may be powered remotely by high-energy laser beams shot through miles of thin fiber-optic cables. This new technology could allow robotic probes to penetrate thick layers of ice to explore Antarctic lakes or the subterranean oceans on icy moons like Europa or Enceladus, and even power a new kind of rocket into space.
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August 5, 2010 – via MSNBC
Down where the sun can’t reach, a robot finds amazing microbial diversity
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