Archive for the 'Space' Category

Nov

NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home

To the future and …….

…… The museum?

NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home
NASA’s cute, wingless escape pod for the International Space Station, which was in development until 2002, finally has a home. Sadly, it’s not in space, but in Ashland, Nebraska at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.

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Sep

astronomers

And one day it’s going to be us!

Andromeda galaxy devouring its neighbours: astronomers
The Andromeda galaxy, the closest neighbour to our own Milky Way, has been growing by scooping up stars from smaller surrounding galaxies, a Canadian-led team of astronomers has found.

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Aug

Comet carries a building block of life

This news resurface all the time!

Comet carries a building block of life
Life on earth came, if not from ancient astronauts, in part from outer space. NASA astronauts have discovered an amino acid, glycine, essential for life on earth, on a comet, confirming a long-held theory that the building blocks for life came from outer space, Info Week reports….

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May

Canadian astronaut Thirsk bound for International Space Station

That’s going to be interesting!

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/space-robert-thirsk-space-station-astronaut.html?ref=rss

Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is a member of a six-person crew that
will live on the International Space Station for six months. On May
27, he and two other crewmates are scheduled to launch from Kazhakstan
to join the other three already aboard the station.