SOFIA, A Unique View of Deep Space – NASA
Information on Earths largest airborne observatory capable of observing features that Earth bound telescopes can’t.
Monthly Archive: March 2013
Soyuz Launches to Space Station – 28th March 2013
NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and his Expedition 35/36 crewmates, lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 28, U.S. time. The expedited flight had the crew arriving at the ISS even...
Plasma Rockets & Solar Storms
Some scientists see plasma as a future energy source. Since the beginning of technology we have relied on the same method to carry payloads into orbit. But these rockets are not very efficient. Present...
IBEX Observes Interstellar Medium – NASA
IBEX, NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explore, has captured the best and most complete picture yet of what lies beyond the boundary of our solar system. The new data give indications about how and where our...
Meteor 2013 A1 May Strike Mars – NASA
There is a possibility that a comet may strike Mars next year (1 in 200o chance!). says NASA. The energy in this comet is believed to be 80 times more powerful than the meeorite...
Dragon Makes Return to Earth – 26.3.13
Video footage of the Space Dragon X spacecraft disengaging from the ISS and returning back to Earth. The latest Dragon mission arrived at the ISS on March 3rd with fresh supplies. Meanwhile a new...
NASA Warns Of Potential City Killer Meteors
NASA is warning the US government that our current only defence against a city killer meteorite is to ‘pray’. NASA has so far been unable to obtain funds for a new meteor detecting satellite...
Russian Satellite Collides With Chinese Space Junk
Over fifty years of space exploration has resulted in thousands of pieces of debris. Many thousands of pieces are being monitored as a collision can be fatal or catastrophic. There are plans being made...
Four Future Space Missions
A brief synopsis of space missions that are in progress and will reach climax in the next few months and years. New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt. Juno is on...
NASA Wants Meteor Warning System
NASA is requesting funds to track and divert meteorites that could be life threatening. However it appears that NASA is struggling ot get the appropriate funds.
Jupiters Hotspots – NASA
Information on Jupiter’s bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed “hot spots” for their infrared glow. These holes in the ammonia clouds at the top of the atmosphere allow a glimpse into Jupiter’s darker,...
Mars Curiosity Rover Report – March 15, 2013
A NASA scientist discusses the analysis of the first drill sample taken by Curiosity. This was the first rock powder ever collected. The analysis confirms that the rocks were once in a fresh water...
Comet Pan-STARRS
Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft monitoring the comet has beamed back pictures of...
Future Of Space Travel
The future of space exploration is discussed by NASA astronaut Greg Johnson. Ofcourse this will involve the colonisation of the Moon and eventually Mars. New technologies are discussed as well as technology spinoffs such...
New Star System is Closest Found in a Century – NASA
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope have found a pair of stars which are now the third-closest star system to our sun. They are the closest stars discovered since 1916, when Barnard’s star...
Skylon Space Plane
A small British company, Reaction Engines, have developed a new engine system that will be able to power and aircraft into space and back again. This will dramatically slash the price of getting into...
