Four experts from the U.S. space agency, NASA will come to Chile to participate in the relief of the 33 miners trapped for 21 days at 700 m depth in the mine copper and gold San Jose (north), On Thursday the Chilean Minister of Health, Jaime Manalich informed. “The experts will arrive in Chile Sunday [...]
Aug
27
2010
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2010
Jul
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2010
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2010
NASA extends the shuttle program until 2011
The U.S. space agency, NASA said on Thursday that the last two U.S. space shuttle launches have been postponed. NASA announced the extension until February 2011 of its space shuttle program, originally scheduled to end in November 2010. The launch of Discovery (STS-133) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (southeast) to the International Space [...]
Jun
26
2010
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2010
Big Lunar Eclipse on June 26th: In-depth details
The year 2010 is very unique; NASA has already informed the astrology and astronomy enthusiastic and to all the people who want to see the “Big Lunar Eclipse”. This eclipse should be visible for the United States around 1:17am Indianapolis time Saturday morning. NASA reports that “The eclipse begins at 3:17 am PDT (10:17 UT) [...]
Jun
5
2010
5
2010
Falcon 9, world’s first private rocket launched
The world’s first private rocket Falcon 9, designed by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), was launched on Friday from Cape Canaveral and placed into the calculated orbit of 250-kilogram capsule mock-up Dragon. The development of 47-meter rocket company SpaceX has spent almost two billion dollars. Working under contract with NASA, the private firm has designed and [...]
May
26
2010
26
2010
NASA spacecraft Atlantis lands in Florida after its final mission
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis landed on Wednesday with six astronauts on board under a perfectly blue sky, ending last mission orbit after 25 years of service. The crew member were 32 . With this landing ends the career of one of the flagship of NASA spacecraft, which has covered about 185 million kilometers. There [...]
Apr
24
2010
24
2010
“Hubble,” An eye in space and Google Doodle today
On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Hubble, NASA has released a new recording of the Observatory. The picture shows a huge column of gas in a hotbed of new stars, with swirling clouds of gas in front of a gleaming red and blue background. The experts drew raving comparison with a “bizarre landscape” [...]
Apr
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2010
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Apr
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2010
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2010
The crew of space shuttle got rid of unnecessary things
The crew of the ISS and space shuttle Discovery completed undock Transport Module “Leonardo” from the American sector “Harmony”. The information has been provided in a press release NASA. Module “Leonardo” was placed in the immediate vicinity of the shuttle. Due to technical difficulties undocking module lasted 7 hours more. After the crew completed the [...]
Apr
15
2010
15
2010
Obama pardoned spacecraft Orion
The U.S. president Barack Obama speaks at KSC (Kennedy Space Center) disclosing details of a new space policy the U.S. administration. Some of its provisions have become known now. In the future, the U.S. does not intend to abandon long-distance manned missions. Obama’s current program includes development of technologies that in the future will once [...]
Mar
2
2010
2
2010
New evidence of water on the moon : NASA
NASA announced today the discovery of more than a lot of ice in the lunar north pole.With the help of instruments on board Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India, the scientists could measure about 600 million tons of water and ice. The radar called the Mini-SAR analysis performed in hundreds of craters in the region, most of them [...]