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The CST-100 (Crew Space Transportation) crew capsule is a spacecraft design proposed by Boeing in collaboration with Bigelow Aerospace as their entry for NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Its primary mission would be to transport crew to the International Space Station, and...

A ULA Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the CLIO satellite from Cape Canaveral between 21:44 and 00:10 UT, 16th September 2014 Read more

Solar Storm Forecast Update 09-16-14

Solar Storm Forecast Update 09-16-14

Title: XMM-Newton observations reveal the X-ray counterpart of the very-high-energy gamma-ray source HESSJ1640-465 Authors: S.Funk, J.A.Hinton, G.Puehlhofer, F.A.Aharonian, W.Hofmann, O.Reimer, S.Wagner We present X-ray observations of the as of yet unidentified very...

The 42 - 94 metre wide asteroid 2014 RW22 made a close pass (19.5 lunar distances, 0.0501 AU), travelling at 4.82 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 13th September 2014 @ 21:23 UT ±00:18. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...

The 17 - 38 metre wide asteroid 2014 RX22 made a close pass (17.8 lunar distances, 0.0458 AU), travelling at 10.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 12th September 2014 @ 10:27 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

Orbital elements: C/2012 F2 (PANSTARRS) T 2011 July 27.50964 TT MPC q 2.4166339 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 227.30960 -0.44091177 -0.88101191 Node 249.59742 +0.86768913 -0.36950971 e 1.0 Incl. 10.54379 +0.22959179 -0.29543288 From 10 observations 2012 Mar. 16-17 MPEC 2012 - F31 Comet C/2012 F2...

Comet 91P/Russell makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.363 AU) om the 12th March, 2012

Orbital elements: 1987 SF3 = 2014 KH2 Earth MOID = 0.0509 AU Id. T. B. Spahr Epoch 2014 May 23.0 TT = JDT 2456800.5 MPC M 332.15952 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29212730 Peri. 134.39646 +0.78271171 +0.62234245 a 2.2495101 Node 187.12693 -0.58630665 +0.73339380 e 0.5358645 Incl. 3.34000 -0.20882264 +0....

NGC 112 (also IRAS 00241+3125, MCG 5-2-13, UGC 255 and PGC 1654) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 289 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the War...

NGC 671 (also IRAS 01443+1252, MCG 2-5-29, UGC 1247 and PGC 6546) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy located 254 million light-years away in the constellation Aries. The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner...

NGC 759 (also RAS 01548+3605, MCG 6-5-67, UGC 1440 and PGC 7397) is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy located 197 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refr...

NGC 832 (also PGC 8280?) is possibly a magnitude +14.4 double star located in the constellation Triangulum. The object was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 17th September 1865....

NGC 1050 (also IRAS 02395+3433, MCG 6-6-78, UGC 2178 and PGC 10257) is a magnitude +12.6 lenticular galaxy located 179 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Ref...

NGC 6803 (also PK 046-04.1 and HD 183889) is a magnitude +11.4 planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquila. The planetary nebula was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Harvard College Observatory on the 17th September 1...