Tag: Space

Hubble telescope captures ‘comet of the century’

I wonder if it will be as visible as they say, or if it’s going to be Comet Kohoutek like   Hubble telescope captures ‘comet of the century’ The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope say the orbiting observatory has snapped photos of an approaching comet.

SpaceFlight

I meant to share theses articles a while ago, but life being what it is I’m going to bundle in a single post. I believe that being in space is important, some will say it divert energy and resources that could be used for more important things, like what? War? What is spent on war…

‘Meteor Smoke’ Linked to Noctilucent Clouds

A key ingredient of Earth’s strangest clouds does not come from Earth. New data from NASA’s AIM spacecraft shows that “meteor smoke” is essential to the formation of noctilucent clouds. FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/07aug_meteorsmoke/

First International Space Crew Reunites for Mission’s 35th Anniversary – Yahoo! News

Just sad that this reunion feel like a giant advertisement from Omega watches. “First International Space Crew Reunites for Mission’s 35th Anniversary – Yahoo! News” http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100716/sc_space/firstinternationalspacecrewreunitesformissions35thanniversary

Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017

To make up for the moon? It’s good to extend use of equipment already deployed, but it lack vision. Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017 NASA extends the Cassini mission, the groundbreaking exploration of Saturn and its satellites, by 6 ½ years on Wednesday.

Mars Rover Spirit is Now a Stationary Research Platform

It will never move again! From: NASA Science News NASA Science News for January 26, 2010NASA announced today that Spirit cannot be freed from its Martian sandtrap. Now the rover will begin a second career as a stationary science platform. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/26jan_spirit.htm?list934087