http://www.articlesnatch.com/profile/sarte/74811 sarte is an author at ArticleSnatch.com Article Directory. Below are the most recent articles from sarte. For more of articles by sarte please use the link above. http://www.articlesnatch.com/profile/sarte/74811 http://static.articlesnatch.com/i/logo.gif en-us http://www.articlesnatch.com/profile/sarte/74811 PHP/5.0.26 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/NASA-Lunar-Mission-Enters-the-Moon-Successfully/651099 The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft’s lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT July23,2009-Tuesday. During transit to the moon, engineers performed a mid-course correction to get the spacecraft in the proper position to reach its lunar destination. Since the moon is always moving, the spacecraft shot for a target point ahead of the moon. When close to the moon, LRO used its rocket motor to slow down until the gravity of the moon caught the spacecraft in lunar orbit. This is indeed a challenging task to them. Lunar orbit insertion is a crucial milestone for the mission,” said Cathy Peddie, LRO deputy project manager at Goddard. The LRO mission cannot begin until the moon captures us. Once we enter the moon’s orbit, we can begin to build up the data set needed to understand in greater detail the lunar topography, features and resources. We are so proud to be a part of this exciting mission and NASA’s planned return to the moon. **End Summary** Topics: NASA]]> lunar]]> mission]]> moon]]> LRO]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> for more information please visit <a href = "http://www.ichatscience.com"> Science News and Research </a> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/NASA-Lunar-Mission-Enters-the-Moon-Successfully/651099 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/OCAM---World-s-fastest-and-most-sensitive-astronomical-camera/643806 The next generation of instruments for ground-based telescopes took a leap forward with the development of a new ultra-fast camera that can take 1500 finely exposed images per second even when observing extremely faint objects. The first 240x240 pixel images with the world's fastest high precision faint light camera were obtained through a collaborative effort between ESO and three French laboratories from the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (CNRS/INSU). Cameras such as this are key components of the next generation of adaptive optics instruments of Europe's ground-based astronomy flagship facility, the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). The performance of this breakthrough camera is without an equivalent anywhere in the world. The camera will enable great leaps forward in many areas of the study of the Universe,” says Norbert Hubin, head of the Adaptive Optics department at ESO. OCam will be part of the second-generation VLT instrument SPHERE. To be installed in 2011, SPHERE will take images of giant exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. A fast camera such as this is needed as an essential component for the modern adaptive optics instruments used on the largest ground-based telescopes. **End Summary** Topics: OCAM]]> astonomical-camera]]> camera]]> ESO]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> For more information please visit <a href = "http://www.ichatscience.com"> Science News and Research </a> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/OCAM---World-s-fastest-and-most-sensitive-astronomical-camera/643806