A Soyuz SL4 rocket body that was launched on the 21st June, 2011, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for the Progress M-11M/43P mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 23rd June, 2011 @ 23:45 GMT ± 24 hours.SL4 RB
1 37680U 11027B 11173.21609078 .03008298 12127-4 6522...
A Delta-7925 rocket body (PAM-D) that was launched on the 11th May, 2000, from the Cape Canaveral, for the NAVSTAR 47 (USA 150) GPS IIR-4 satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 13th June, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours. NAVSTAR 47 RB (PAM-D) 1 26362U 00025C 11111.6698431...
ESA's high-thrust engine takes next step The new main engine to power Europe's successor to its Ariane 5 space launcher was brought a step closer today when ESA signed a 60 million euro contract with a propulsion consortium at the Paris Air & Space Show. ESA is preparing the NGL Next-Generatio...
Title: Detection of Jovian seismic waves: a new probe of its interior structure Authors: P. Gaulme, F.-X. Schmider, J. Gay, T. Guillot, C. Jacob No abstract available Read more (654kb, PDF) (Subscription)
Die ältesten Menschenaffen Eurasiens lebten in Schwaben Afrika gilt als Evolutionszentrum des Menschen und seiner Vorfahren. Jedoch schon lange bevor der moderne Mensch vor 125 Tausend Jahren Afrika verlies, migrierten, wie Fossilfunde zeigen, seine Vorläufer wiederholt nach Eurasien. Wi...
Title: OGLE-2008-BLG-513Lb: The Orbital Solution for a Microlensing Planet Authors: J.C. Yee, A. Udalski, Subo Dong, J. Greenhill, Y. Tsapras, I.A. Bond, A. Gould, S. Kozlowski, P. Fouque, M.D. Albrow, C. Han, L.A.G. Monard, J. McCormick, A. Williams, N. Kains, J. An, M. Dominik, et al The domina...
A Fife meteorite hunter is set to sell a rock which fell from space named after Glenrothes. Rob Elliott, the owner of one of the largest meteorite collections in the world, is a full-time meteorite expert. He will sell parts of his world-famous collection at an auction in August by Lyon and Turbull Auc...
When Artemis talks, Johannes Kepler listens After Ariane 5 lofts ATV Johannes Kepler into space on 15 February, ESA's Artemis data relay satellite will be ready for action. Artemis will provide communications between Johannes Kepler and the ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France. Hove...
The Lytro focus-free digital camera Lytro is the brainchild of Dr. Ren Ng, a Stanford Ph.D whose dissertation on light-field technology five years ago was showered with awards. Now, with the help of $50 million in funding, most of it from Andreesen Horowitz, Ng has built a company that's preparing t...
Title: Young Exoplanet Transit Initiative (YETI) Authors: R. Neuhäuser, R. Errmann, A. Berndt, G. Maciejewski, H. Takahashi, W.P. Chen, D.P. Dimitrov, T. Pribulla, E.H. Nikogossian, E.L.N. Jensen, L. Marschall, Z.-Y. Wu, A. Kellerer, F.M. Walter, C. Briceño, R. Chini, M. Fernandez, St. Raetz...
Title: Occultazione asteroidale di 474 Prudentia su HIP 1927 con pre-pointing Authors: Costantino Sigismondi An asteroidal occultation of a 8.5 V magnitude star can be difficult to be observed without an automatic pointing system. It was the case of 474 Prudentia occulting HIP 1927 on 5 Septembe...
Title: A low optical depth region in the inner disk of the HerbigAe star HR5999 Authors: M. Benisty, S. Renard, A. Natta, J.P. Berger, F. Massi, F. Malbet, P.J.V. Garcia, A. Isella, A. Mérand, J.L. Monin, L. Testi, E. Thiébaut, M. Vannier, G. Weigelt Circumstellar disks surrounding young stars are k...
June 20th 2011 Meteor over Central Texas My meteor camera at my BuckSnort Observatory in Central Texas caught this bright fireball last night See more Time: 23:47
ESA Application for iPhone and iPad The ESA App provides an easy and interesting way for the public to experience space exploration. It collects, customises and delivers a wide selection of up-to-date information from various online ESA sources. ESA content is delivered in a clear and intuitive w...