The European Space Agency is going to have about two hours to study the details of the asteroid Lutetia by capturing its images with its high resolution cameras on this weekend. These sophisticated cameras have already sent some details of the asteroid but its telescope has failed to determine the type of the asteroid. The [...]
Jul
10
2010
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Jun
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2010
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2010
The 520 day mock mission for mars has begun
Scientist from countries of Russia, china have jointly in collaboration with the European Space Agency have started the simulation of a manned mission to mars. the international team of researchers will be kept in cascades of windowless modules for about 520 days in this exercise. The facility for the experiment is located in Russia’s premier [...]
Feb
22
2010
22
2010
Endeavour returns safely
“Houston, it’s great to be home. It was a great adventure”, space shuttle Endeavour commander George Zamka radioed after completing a rare night time landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida today.
Endeavour’s STS-130 mission, which made a 13-day successful trip to the International Space Station, was carrying six astronauts. It landed at Cape Canaveral at [...]
Feb
9
2010
9
2010
Endeavour lifts off
Lighting up the early morning sky, the Endeavour space shuttle blasted off from the Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida on its was to the International Space Station, 200 miles high.
During the lift off, some pieces of insulation form had fallen off from the fuel tank, including a narrow one-foot strip.
As Endeavour slipped into [...]