Orbital elements: 2007 VG184 Earth MOID = 0.1445 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 330.54103 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26710349 Peri. 155.80951 +0.55108389 +0.82075985 a 2.3879011 Node 147.03638 -0.80358917 +0.57060258 e 0.6695716 Incl. 16.06089 -0.22483549 -0.02767590 P 3.69 H 17.3 G 0.15 U...
Orbital elements: 2011 CN2 Earth MOID = 0.0628 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 54.52975 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29660541 Peri. 66.87687 +0.93200262 -0.24922275 a 2.2268109 Node 306.52733 +0.06518608 +0.82950267 e 0.6125562 Incl. 19.11719 +0.35654158 +0.49981331 P 3.32 H 18.7 G 0.15 U 9 MPE...
A USAF Minotaur 1 rocket is scheduled to launch the classified NROL-66 satellite payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on the 5th February, 2011.
Title: A meteorite crater on Mt. Ararat? Authors: V.G.Gurzadyan, S.Aarseth We briefly report on a crater on the western slope of Mt.Ararat. It is located in an area closed to foreigners at an altitude around 2100m with geographic coordinates 39° 47' 30"N, 44° 14' 40"E. The diameter of th...
Officials are saying the December launch of a tactical satellite, dubbed TacSat-2, will serve as the predecessor for rapid satellite production, launch and operation.
Managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here, TacSat-2 has evolved into a responsive spa...
NASA Names Winning Experiments In Kids Micro-G Challenge Astronauts aboard the International Space Station this spring will conduct six experiments designed by middle school students from across the country. The winning proposals of the "Kids in Micro-g" Challenge are from Califo...
Huge order for Iridium spacecraft The mobile satellite services provider Iridium has ordered 81 spacecraft to upgrade its global network. Thales Alenia Space of France will build the satellites - 66 to form the operational constellation, the remainder to act as spares. The order makes the Iridiu...
STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on February 3,...
North Queensland battens down for Cyclone Yasi's fury Queensland's island resorts are being evacuated and ports closed ahead of Cyclone Yasi, which threatens to develop into one of the worst storms the state has seen.Premier Anna Bligh today said Hamilton Island, in the Whitsundays, was startin...
A team of archaeologists are hoping to unlock the mysteries of Guernsey's Neolithic age - five thousand years ago. They have applied for permission to excavate a gallery grave at Delancey Park later this year. They hope to unearth mysteries of the period known as the Neolithic age. [url=http://www...
Billings resident finds Wyoming meteorite after 10-year hunt Jon Todd was hiking up a steep, treeless hill in Northern Wyoming when his eyes locked on a rock in front of him. The dark rust-colored stone stuck out from others around it, and he immediately knew what it was. He had been on the hunt for a met...
Langkawi National Observatory Provides Space Studies Facility The Langkawi National Observatory, launched on Friday, provides an excellent venue for local and foreign scientists to carry out space research. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said the obse...
Title: Heavy Squarks at the LHC Authors: JiJi Fan, David Krohn, Pablo Mosteiro, Arun M. Thalapillil, Lian-Tao Wang The LHC, with its seven-fold increase in energy over the Tevatron, is capable of probing regions of SUSY parameter space exhibiting qualitatively new collider phenomenology. Here...
Human spaceflight from UAE possible by 2015 Space, the final frontier of yore, now appears nearer and beckons the UAE. In what could spell the dawn of affordable commercial space tourism, the country is positioning itself to reap the benefits by 2015. A recent partnership forged between the Emirat...