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  • Stargazing May 2015

    Stargazing May 2015

    Stargazing May 2015

    Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter Alignment

    This May 2015 the planets Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will be in near alignment with each other. From Earth’s perspective, the alignment will be visible to the West after sunset. Mercury and Venus are in close alignment and Jupiter is a little off to the left and above Venus.

    Stargazing 5-8-2015

    Mercury, Venus, Jupiter Alignment – Image: Stellarium

    Mercury, Venus, Jupiter Alignment – Image: Celestia

    Also Saturn and its rings will be facing Earth. You can find Saturn to the East this month.

  • Dawn Makes It To Ceres

    Dawn Makes It To Ceres

    Dawn Makes It To Ceres

    NASA’s probe dawn approach to Ceres is happening now. The JPL NASA team is directing the Dawn space probe to the asteroid belt [dwarf] planet Ceres. JPL released the following picture Dawn took at 383, 000 km as the probe gets close to Ceres.

    Ceres, JPL – NASA

    The JPL team said they expect to place the space probe into Ceres orbit around March 6, 2015.

    Ceres is in orbit around the sun at the asteoid belt. Dawn is the first space probe launched to study Ceres.

    The following animated GIF image shows the rotation of Ceres.

    Dawn approach

    Dawn approach to Ceres – animated, JPL – NASA

    Ceres, A Game Changer – Video

    Source: JPL – NASA

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  • ESA Celebrates Landing of Philae

    ESA Celebrates Landing of Philae

    ESA Celebrates Landing of Philae on Comet 67P

    After the long 10 year mission to Comet 67P, ESA celebrates the landing of Rosetta’s Philae on Comet 67P.  

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    Philae Landing

    Video: CNN

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  • Landing Rosetta’s Philae More Challenging Than Thought

    Landing Rosetta’s Philae More Challenging Than Thought

    Rosetta’s Philae Landing Module

    European Space Agency – Jet Propulsion Laboratory joined mission to land Rosetta’s landing module Philae on comet 67P will prove to be a more challenging task than previously thought. The undertaking will be more complex than landing on a planet or even on an asteroid. The tentative date for the landing of Rosetta’s Philae is this November 12, 2014.

    Video Landing Rosetta’s Philae How-to – NASA/ESA

    Ambition -Science Fiction Film- ESA/Platige Image

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  • Tragedy Strikes Virgin Galactic

    Tragedy Strikes Virgin Galactic

    Tragedy Strikes Virgin Galactic

    Virgin crashes its Space Ship Two

    A failed sub-orbital flight of a Virgin Galactic spacecraft left one pilot dead and one injured. The spacecraft, Space Ship Two, had detached from its carrier plane White Knight which landed safely. Space Ship Two was supposed to achieve sub-orbital flight but the spacecraft experienced anomalies that caused it to crash land. Virgin Galactic had had previous flights of Space Ship Two with no major incidents.  But today’s was a tragic one and it is very sad news for the space community.

    Tragedy Strikes Virgin Galactic – Space Ship Two Crash Lands | CNN

    Virgin crashes its Space Ship Two

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  • Meteorite Hits Nicaragua

    Meteorite Hits Nicaragua

    Meteorite Hits Managua, Nicaragua

    A meteorite hit Nicaragua’s capital, Managua, last Saturday. The meteorite hit the ground dangerously close to Managua’s airport.

    Managua, Nicaragua – Meteorite Report Newsy

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  • New Galaxy Map

    New Galaxy Map

    New Milky Way Galaxy Map

    A new cosmic map has been released by astronomers. The new galaxy map shows the Milky Way as part of a larger system of galaxies or a supercluster called Laniakea. These superclusters of galaxies are spread throughout the universe with dark voids filling up the rest of the space.

    The map was developed by a team from the University of Hawaii. Brent Tully led the study of the motions of the galaxies that surround the Milky Way. Despite the universe continous expansion, they found out that there is a force attracting most of these superclusters towards a center in the universe. The researchers named this center The Great Atractor. The team discovered galaxies travel along pathways in the universe and it is these pathways that help form the superclusters of galaxies. These superclusters neighbor each other much the same way galaxies do. Our super cluster known as Laniakea is home to the Milky Way and has its neighbor supercluster, Perseus-Pisces.

    Nature

    Source: Nature, University of Hawaii

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  • Space X Falcon 9 R Explosion

    Space X Falcon 9 R Explosion

    Space X Falcon 9 R Explosion on Video

    Something went wrong with the launch of a Falcon 9 R rocket last Friday. The video of its explosion was aired this weekend by local TV. The rocket was launched from Space X facility near McGregor, Texas. The American company has not released any technical information related to the causes of the explosion.

    Falcon 9 R Explosion Video – KWTX News

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  • Space X Falcon 9 First Test Flight

    Space X Falcon 9 First Test Flight

    Space X Falcon 9 First Test Flight

    Space X Falcon 9 Reusable Rocket First Test Flight

    Elon Musk’s Space X is on the way to fill the empty NASA has left now with the first successful test of the Falcon 9 Reusable Rocket.

    Falcon 9 R

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  • Lunar Rover from China Lands on the Moon

    Lunar Rover from China Lands on the Moon

    Lunar Rover from China Lands on the Moon

    What’s Next for China?

    The latest lunar landing by any country has been made. China’s lunar rover, Yutu [Jade Rabbit], has touched the surface of the moon.

    Only America (The United States) and Russia (the USSR) had achieved such a success with their space programs.

    Lunar Rover from China Lands on the Moon

    China’s apparent lunar landing  raises the question of what  they’ll do next.

    Will they follow the footsteps of the U.S. and USSR programs, or will they learn from their mistakes by setting themselves apart?

    Only time will tell.

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