PLANET LLC - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/126204.xml PLANET LLC - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 New Lunar Dust and Agglutinate Simulants Developed with Nanophase Iron http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1131224.htm Orbital Technologies Corporation has been working with NASA since 2005 to develop improved lunar and Martian soil, or regolith, simulants. ORBITEC has successfully developed a new process to create synthetic lunar agglutinates that contain nanophase iron. These agglutinates have also been milled to create lunar dust simulants. (PRWeb Jul 23, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1131224.htm Get Hands-on with Another Planet: Martian Soil Simulant Now Available http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb563991.htm As NASA engineers and astronauts prepare to explore the moon and Mars, they first need to practice on Earth. One of the best tools they can use is materials to simulate the soil, or regolith, they will land on. For the first time, lunar and Martian simulants are now also available to the public. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb563991.htm Wisconsin-Grown Plant Growth Chamber to Launch on Space Shuttle to International Space Station http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/08/prweb544633.htm Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) is eagerly awaiting the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. Scheduled for lift off on August 7, Endeavour will take along ORBITEC's Astro Garden plant growth chamber and deliver it to the International Space Station. The Astro Garden is one of NASA's Education Payload Operations kits, going into space to support the Educator Astronaut Project. (PRWeb Aug 6, 2007)

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