We have known for many years that Venus is made from the same substance that Earth is made out of. The only difference is that Venus is dry and is hot enough to melt lead with its thick atmosphere. Astronomers have tried spending time trying to figure out why Venus is like this. It seems that one scientist has discovered the answers that they have been searching for.
NASA scientists are preparing for a very unusual mission the likes that we haven’t seen in many years. They are hoping to discover hidden ice water in the lunar double of the moon – but the only way to do that is to ram two of their spacecrafts into the surface of the moon. “I think that people are apprehensive about it because it seems violent or crude, but it’s very economical,” said Tony Colaprete, the principal investigator for the mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
Astronauts are preparing to open the new laboratory International Space Station and to christen the Columbus module that was delivered to the Atlantis shuttle this week. The astronauts helped to put together the new research laboratory – which weighed in at 10 tons – for the European Space Agency.