Recycled Space Probe Ready for Comet Rendezvous
The first image of comet Tempel 1 taken by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft is a composite made from observations on Jan. 18 and 19, 2011. The panel on the right highlights the location of comet Tempel 1 in the frame. On Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14 in U.S. time...Alien Worlds Abound, According to NASA’s Kepler Mission Scientists
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has made major new strides in the search for extrasolar planets, producing its first candidates for Earth-sized worlds and the first worlds orbiting within what’s considered the habitable zones of stars, astronomers...Book Review: The 50 Most Extreme Places In Our Solar System
The 50 Most Extreme Places In Our Solar System by David Baker and Todd Ratcliff; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts; $27.95 (Hardcover); 2010. Readers of all backgrounds will love this book. The volume is beautifully produced,...New Tool for Space Weather Forecasting
When it comes to the Sun, one could recall that line sung by Elvis: “A churning urn of burning funk.” But now space weather forecasters have a new tool to issue a one-to-four day advance warning of high speed streams of solar plasma and Earth-directed coronal mass...Moons of Mars: Leftovers from a Giant Impact?
Things may have been pretty messy around the red planet in its past. New research suggests the possibility that the martian satellites – Phobos and Deimos — may have been the result of giant impact. The new theory is just out in the prestigious Icarus...Tally Ho! First Imagery of Comet Tempel 1 by NASA’s Stardust NExT Spacecraft
A Valentine’s Day target has been spotted by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft. Images of comet Tempel 1 have been relayed by the en route probe, over 16 million miles away from the celestial object. The Stardust NExT mission is slated to carry out close-up investigations of...NASA Offers $$ to Amateur Astronomers for Satellite Photos
NASA is rounding up amateur photographers who would like a chance to win up to $500 for the best photographs of the recently deployed NanoSail-D spacecraft, an orbiting solar sail experiment. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Ames Research Center...Europe’s Mars Express Captures Closeup Photos of Phobos
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured close up photos of the Martian moon Phobos on Jan. 9 A cratered surface is evident in the photos taken at a distance of less than 70 miles. The circled areas are landing sites for Russia’s...NASA’s Fleet of Comet, Asteroid, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter Spacecraft
A Valentine’s Day gift from space – that’s what scientists are looking for as NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft zooms by comet Tempel 1. The craft is on track for an 8:37 p.m. PST (11:37 p.m. EST) close look at the celestial wanderer on February 14. But take note: The...Space Talk
#JAXA और #ISRO का नया कदम—
रोबोटिक आर्म्स के उन्नत क्षेत्र में सहयोग की संभावनाएँ तलाशना।
भारत उन चुनिंदा देशों में शामिल है
जिन्होंने SpaDeX जैसे मिशन में
स्पेस में रोबोटिक आर्म सफलतापूर्वक तैनात किए हैं।
तकनीक में प्रगति, अंतरिक्ष में नई ऊँचाइयाँ—
यही है भारत की प्रेरक यात्रा।
＼🧡きょうは相模原SDGs EXPO💚 ／
みんなおはよ〜✨
きょうは青山学院大学相模原キャンパスでVRたいけんができるよ🪐
JAXAおうえんだんもまだまだぼしゅうちゅう📣
まってるよ〜😻💞
#JAXA #SDGs #青山学院大学 #agu
So nice #nasa
🟣 41 years ago today, something amazing happened in space.
👨🚀 Astronaut Dale Gardner floated freely using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and caught the spinning Westar-6 satellite with his own hands.
#Space
#spaceking
