Man from Atlantis is a short-lived American science fiction television series that ran for 13 episodes on the NBC network during the 1977-1978 season, following four successful television films that had aired earlier in 1977. Read more
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2012 SV20 Earth MOID = 0.2289 AU
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NASA and SpaceX have announced October 7, 2012 as the target launch date for SpaceXs first resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for 8:34 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, Florida. October 8 is the backup date. The...
Michael Faraday, FRS (22 September 1791 - 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Read more
Euripides (ca. 480 BC - 406 BC) was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most. Read more
Communication with the Mars Climate Orbiter lost, 1999 On November 10, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board released a Phase I report, detailing the suspected issues encountered with the loss of the spacecraft. Previously, on September 8, 1999, Trajectory Correction Mane...
Legio I Italica (Latin for "First legion Italica"; the cognomen "Italica" is a reference to the Italian origin of its first recruits) was a Roman legion levied by emperor Nero on September 22, 66 (the date is attested by an inscription). There are still records of the I Italica...
Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. Read more
Jodrell Bank's creator Sir Bernard Lovell: he knew the future was out of this world Last week, the world celebrated the accomplishments of Yuri Gagarin who, 50 years ago, became the first human to fly into space. Yet it is also an appropriate time to pay tribute to one of Britain's own heroes of the spac...
Title: A Starbursting Proto-cluster in Making Associated with a Radio Galaxy at z = 2.53 Discovered by H/alpha Imaging Authors: Masao Hayashi, Tadayuki Kodama, Ken-ichi Tadaki, Yusei Koyama, and Ichi Tanaka We report a discovery of a proto-cluster in vigorous assembly and hosting strong star fo...
Astrophysicist inspiring pupils to reach for stars A former pupil of Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, who is now a leading astrophysicist in America, was celebrating his roots yesterday as he led the school's annual Founder's Day Oration. [url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article...
According to India's top military scientist, Dr M. Natrajan, the country's Agni-III ballistic missile is ready for a test launch.
The 3-stage solid/liquid-fuel Agni-III (Fire) nuclear-capable ballistic missile has an official ra...
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