Our week through the lens: 28 November – 2 December 2016 To source
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Sun Storm May Have Caused Flare-Up of Rosetta's Comet
The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft captured this image of a coronal mass ejection erupting on the sun on Sept. 30, 2015. Material from the sun may have caused Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to flare up nearly 100 times brighter than average in some parts of the visual spectrum, new research reports. At about the same […]
Mysterious Astronaut Eye Troubles Linked to Wonky Spinal Fluid
Karen Nyberg images her eye with a fundoscope during Expedition 37 in 2013. A few months into his six-month spaceflight in 2009, Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk remembers having problems reading the stowage lists on the International Space Station, which are in eight-point font. After finding out another crew member had a problem as well, the […]
Want to Build a Rocket? There's an App for That
Hoping to cash in on its perfect flight record and precision orbital delivery services, United Launch Alliance unveiled a new website and app that lets potential customers, engineers and armchair astronauts build and price a ride to space. Rocketbuilder.com is industry stalwart ULA’s latest attempt to level the playing field after tech entrepreneur Elon Musk […]
Nordic entrepreneurial spirit boosted by space
More than 17 000 people converged on Helsinki in Finland this week to create businesses – and ESA was there to add its space expertise. To source
Europe Commits to Space Station, ExoMars as Part of $11 Billion in Commitments to ESA
The 22-nation European Space Agency’s member governments on Dec. 1-2 agreed to 10.3 billion euros ($11 billion) in new spending over the next three to seven years, including a commitment to the International Space Station to 2024 and the completion of the Euro-Russian ExoMars mission, to send a rover vehicle to Mars in 2020. LUCERNE, […]
Saturn's Rings Dwarf Tiny Moon Mimas in Stunning NASA Photo
As Cassini nears the end of its mission, it continues to beam data back to Earth, including this image of Saturn, its rings and the tiny moon Mimas. The craft’s wide-angle camera captured the image of the sunlit rings on July 21, 2016. Saturn and its rings exude a stately presence in this amazing photo […]
'Apollo Pilot': Late Astronaut's Lost Words Rediscovered in New Memoir
“Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele” presents the forgotten manuscript of the late Apollo 7 astronaut. Donn Eisele became the thirtieth person, worldwide, to orbit the Earth as a member of NASA’s first crew to launch aboard an Apollo spacecraft in 1968. An officer in the Air Force, test pilot and later Peace […]
Switzerland
Earth observation image of the week: explore Switzerland at 10 m resolution with Sentinel-2, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Russia Launches Space Cargo Ship, But Its Fate Is Unclear
Update for 1 pm EST: The Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed the loss of the Progress 65 spacecraft, which burned up in the atmosphere after an anomaly occurred during third-stage separation of the rocket booster. Remaining debris from the incinerated spacecraft fell over the Tuva Republic in southern Siberia. Read the full story here: Russian […]
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Grace Hopper: 'First Lady of Software'
Grace Hopper’s work with computers helped NASA communicate with Apollo astronauts, and still helps scientists keep track of far-flung spacecraft. Grace Hopper was a computer scientist who is best known for helping to create the first all-electronic digital computer, called UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer). NASA’s tracking stations for the Apollo moon missions used UNIVAC hardware […]