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As you'll know from all the coverage, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first orbit of the Earth by a human. Back in 1961 at the height of the Cold War, it was a demonstration of superiority by one superpower over another rather than any altruistic motive that sent him into space. Regardless of how it was
This is Real Art was commissioned in 2009 by the satellite operator SES- Astra to document the build of a new bird, the Astra 3B, at their factory in France and its subsequent launch. Collaborating with photographer Simon Norfolk, they've produced a stunning series of photographs, a brochure and seven documentaries that show the commerical side of space. If you want to go
The Japanese space agency JAXA successfully unfurled the solar sail on the IKAROS demonstrator back on 10 June and now they have the photos to prove it. Taken by a tiny camera module launched from IKAROS, the photo was transferred from the camera module to the probe and then on back to earth. For those not up on what's going
The BBC reports that the a team of scientists from Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy have found three new species of tiny creatures living over 2 miles down in the Mediterranean Sea. It's so deep and dark there's almost no oxygen whatsoever and although only 1mm in size, this is the first time that anything other than bacteria have
The Science Museum, London, is celebrating a century of science and as part of the festivities, it asked visitors to vote for the scientific discovery or invention that most “changed the future”. The ten objects it put forward were: 1. Apollo 10 Capsule 2. DNA Double Helix 3. Electric Telegraph 4. Model T Ford 5. Penicillin 6. Pilot ACE Computer
This is a must read folks, an astronomer got real lucky when studying another Supernova, and caught a star at the exact moment it blew its top.. Amazing read and Amazing pics www.badastronomy.com
The shuttle crew took a closer look at the gouge in the heat shield using among other things a laser to collect data that would allow a mockup to be made here on earth, and then run through the simulator to see if a repair needs to performed.