Even though the solar activity was well known to the early Chinese astronomers, it was not first observed by Galileo until 1612 with his new telescope, a Dutch version. He also discovered the Jupiter moons, the Moon and its craters, along with Venus. But when he saw the Sun, he also saw some dark [...]
The lone remote sensing instrument for the Solar Probe+ is the Hemispheric Imager or “HI” for short. Consisting of a telescope that will make 3D images similar to medical CAT scans of the Sun’s corona, this new coronal tomography is one of the newest developments available for solar imaging, with photography performed from a moving [...]
Another delay by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) of its first lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 has occurred, originally planned to launch on April 9, then to early July, and now until late September. With one of the main reasons being delayed payload arrivals, the July delay was for extra needed time for integrating the experimental [...]
For some odd reason, the names of our planets are taken from ancient Gods, with the original Mars maps referring to mythology and the Bible. Odd because the field that studies it today actually has a problem believing in something that cannot be seen, felt, smelled or touched without tangent proof—which leaves the Lord not [...]
Gathering a lot of attention lately, the 600-mile Mamers Valles trough which gently winds through the Arabia Terra ragged highlands is showing signs of flowing ice beneath a layer of rock. But quite recently data information from August of 2006 came out to the public regarding a circular depression that is located on the [...]
“This innovative partnership not only provides for the activation of the Global Hawk flight operations at NASA Dryden, but also sets the stage for an exciting future of collaborative science missions and technology experiments,” said Kevin L. Petersen, NASA Dryden director. “The capabilities of this platform are unique and will provide NASA and Northrop Grumman [...]
For many years, launching a vehicle into space was only possible through gun propulsion, with the early rockets small in size and crude gun powder in their design. It was not until 1930s that the first liquid propellant rockets were developed to launch them into space, eliminating the earlier method of gun propulsion.
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“It might seem like a kind of routine maneuver, but it’s really not,” said Endeavour shuttle pilot Gregory H. Johnson, who will wield the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, before flight. “This particular task keeps me up at night a bit.”
At 5:23 p.m. EDT (2123 GMT), the space shuttle Endeavour’s sensor-tipped inspection boom will be attached [...]
Fifty years ago, on March 17, 1958, the space race between the Society Union and United States began, with the launching of the Vanguard I at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The world’s first solar-powered satellite, it is also the oldest artificial satellite still orbiting Earth to a total sum of 196,990 revolutions or 5.7 billion nautical [...]
Listen to the sound of the rings on YouTube.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38pJhxCzR-I)
In the year 1610, Galileo noticed through his spy glass, a current invention and modern miracle of the time, that the rings of Saturn were not there. Puzzled, he immediately wrote to his Medici patrons: “I found another very strange wonder, which I should like to make [...]
