Upcoming Comet Encounter is a Valentine’s Day Gift!
In about a month from now, audiences on Earth will be treated to yet another encounter with a comet. This time it’s a repeat look! NASA’s Stardust spacecraft is closing in on comet Tempel 1 for a Valentine’s Day flyby. And if comet Tempel 1 seems familiar to you, it...Hunter Scope Idea for Spotting Near Earth Objects
In the fast-moving world of worry about rocks from space that are harmful to Earth, there’s growing support for putting in place a space-based near Earth object (NEO) hunter capability. One idea that is percolating in scientific circles is placement of an infrared...Book Review: Space – From Earth to the Edge of the Universe
Space – From Earth to the Edge of the Universe by editors Carole Stott, Robert Dinwiddie, David Hughes and Giles Sparrow; Dorling Kindersley(DK) Publishing; New York, New York; $40.00 (hard cover); 2010. Space is big…but so is this large format book. This is a...Students, Citizen Astronomers Make Comet Discoveries
With the help of a prolific Polish astronomy student, the joint NASA and European Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission has detected its 2,000th comet, a pursuit the 15-year-old spacecraft accomplished with the help of dozens of citizen observers from around...Gigantic Storm on Saturn: Cassini Spacecraft Catches the Action!
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has imaged a huge storm – a raging event on the massive planet. “Just down on the ground today … our cameras on Cassini have captured sight of a gigantic storm recently erupted in the northern hemisphere of Saturn,”...Japan’s Next Asteroid Mission Receives Financial Green-light
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has received financial backing to proceed on development of Hayabusa 2 – a spacecraft designed to collect samples of asteroid 1999JU3. The Hayabusa 2 is a follow-on probe to Hayabusa 1 that surveyed asteroid Itokowa in...Meteorite Hunters: On the Ice!
A team of newly arrived rock hounds are on the ice! They are researchers taking part in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. Their job during the 2010-2011 field season is to recover meteorite samples from the Antarctic. ANSMET field work has been...NASA to Host Live Web Programming to Accompany Spectacular Lunar Eclipse Late Monday/Early Tuesday
North America is in for a celestial treat late Monday and early Tuesday, Dec. 20-21, as the moon enters a full eclipse. The overnight event starts at 12:29 a.m., EST, which is 5:29 UTC. That’s when the Earth’s shadow begins to fall across the lunar...NASA’s Mercury Mission: En Route to the “Promised Land”
In just about 90 days, NASA’s MESSENGER will execute a 15-minute maneuver. That propulsion burn – slated for March 18, 2011– will nudge the spacecraft into orbit about Mercury – the first craft ever to do so. Once in orbit, MESSENGER will start a one-year...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〜😻💞
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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.
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#spaceking
