Nasa and Esa set their sights on deep space
The space agencies are about to reveal more about their collaboration to send astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit. But will the Orion missions be inspirational enough for their critics? It is now more than 40 years since a human ventured beyond Earth orbit. The last three astronauts to slip our world’s gravitational tethers were those on [...]
Russia has said it plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the far east of the country. The rocket booster would deliver a half-ton space exploration vehicle with scientific equipment that would search for water and take soil samples. Read more at Sky News. Share [...]
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From JPLNews: Three days prior to its planned impact on a lunar mountain, mission controllers activated the camera aboard one of NASA’s GRAIL twins to take some final photos from lunar orbit. Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL mission Runtime1:52 View count656,682 Share this:
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The asteroid Apophis is extremely unlikely to impact the Earth in 2036, according to researchers at NASA. The newly refined projections of the asteroid’s fly-by in 2036 were possible thanks to new data that was just obtained during the fly-by that occurred on January 9, 2013. Read more at http://planetsave.com/2013/01/13/nasa-says-asteroid-apophis-impact-in-2036-unlikely-but-will-be-extremely-close/#1cXAvw58OJf4XKc5.99 Share this:
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Washington: New infrared images from European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope show the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in striking detail. This cluster contains millions of stars, and there are many nestled at its core that are exotic and display unusual properties. Studying objects within clusters like 47 Tucanae may help us to understand how these oddballs [...]
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Astronomers say the discovery of an ancient exploding star gave them a ‘Wayback Television Set’ which allowed them to watch an entire month of prehistory unfold in real time. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a 10billion year old supernova that’s exceptionally clear to scientific instruments. They claim [...]
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NASA has revealed its first new spacesuit in 20 years, the Z-1 prototype. Not only is it packed with way more tech than its predecessor – which dates back to the pre-internet era – it also acts as an airlock. Most spacesuits you see in films are actually emergency pressure suits meant for short-term use [...]
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From NASAExplorer YouTube Channel: On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman and crew members William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr. became the first humans to photograph the Earth rising over the moon. Now, the rest of us can see what it was like in a new NASA visualization that draws on [...]
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NASA has released a collection of stunning timelapse videos from the NASA International Space Station. The dazzling images, set to the tune of Walking in the Air, provide a four-minute breathtaking look at the earth’s surface from the Expedition 30 crew on the Space Station. Walking On Air Runtime4:01 View count973,416 Share this:
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