* Astronomy

The 660 - 1500 metre wide asteroid 1991 VE will make a close pass (34.0 lunar distances, 0.0874 au), travelling at 19.17 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th October, 2012 @ 20:04 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0....

The 84 - 190 metre wide asteroid 2005 VK1 will make a close pass (56.9 lunar distances, 0.1461 au), travelling at 14.87 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th October, 2012 @ 19:51 UT ±1 day 05:33. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (o...

First Australia to UK Satellite Hook-up in 1966 Spoiler The world's second planned commercial communication satellite Intelsat II F-1 was launched October 26, 1966, but failed to achieve geosynchronous orbit. Despite it...

The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil ("Arrow") was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. The two-seater trainer version was also called Ameisenbär ("anteater"). The Pfeil's performance was much better than other twin-engine designs due to its unique "push-p...

Theodor von Oppolzer (26 October 1841 - 26 December 1886) was an Austrian astronomer and mathematician of Bohemian origin. Read more

James Curley (Irish: Séamus MacThoirealaigh 26 October 1796 - 24 July 1889) was an Irish-American astronomer. Read more

Gaetano Arturo Crocco (26 October 1877 - 19 January 1968) was an Italian scientist and aeronautics pioneer, the founder of the Italian Rocket Society, and went on to become Italy's leading space scientist. He was born in Naples. Read more

Carl Christian Koldewey (born October 26, 1837 in Bücken near Hoya, Germany; died May 17, 1908 in Hamburg) was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions. From 1869 to 1870 he was captain of the Germania and the leader of another expedition to Greenland and to the Arctic Sea w...

Charles Max Mason (October 26, 1877, Madison, Wisconsin - March 23, 1961, Claremont, California, better known as Max Mason) was an American mathematician. Read more

The ancient Roman festival of Ludi Victoriae Sullanae was celebrated on the 26th October. The festivities lasted until the 1st November. Read more

Orbital elements: P/2012 TB36 (Lemmon) T 2013 July 18.75583 TT MPC q 4.2663272 (2000.0) P Q n 0.05402296 Peri. 36.39997 +0.69556536 -0.71817850 a 6.9302748 Node 9.58597 +0.62720815 +0.59325813 e 0.3843928 Incl. 6.97096 +0.35042654 +0.36368179 P 18.2 From 20 observations 2012 Sept. 1...

A Soviet missile base in Germany that spy planes never saw It was top-secret in 1959 and remains almost completely unknown to this day - the first Soviet nuclear missile base outside the USSR. But it is still there, crumbling and steadily being reclaimed by nature in the forests north of Berlin. It is s...

The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. Release dateOctober 26, 1984 Read more The Terminator Theme trance remix 2010 (Relentless Remi...

Soyuz 3 ("Union 3") was a spaceflight mission launched by the Soviet Union on October 26, 1968. Read more

Eid Al Adha on October 26[url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/eid-al-adha-on-october-26-astronomer-says-1....