SpaceX to launch supplies to station SpaceX launches its third commercial cargo re-supply mission to the International Space Station on Monday. Its Falcon-9 rocket and Dragon freighter are set to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 16:58 local time (20:58 GMT). Read more
As the National Reconnaissance Offices (NRO) Future Intelligence Architecture (FIA) continues on its ponderous and costly path, the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) program is building and launching a set of small, relatively inexpensive, and technically innovative satellites that co...
NGC 4351 (also NGC 4354, IRAS 12214+1229, MCG 2-32-24, UGC 7476 and PGC 40306) is a magnitude +12.6 barred spiral galaxy located 106 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17....
NGC 5610 (also IRAS 14221+2450, MCG 4-34-25, UGC 9230 and PGC 51450) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 233 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum refl...
The 9 - 21 metre wide asteroid 2014 HF184 will make a close pass (29.8 lunar distances, 0.0767 AU), travelling at 4.14 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May 2014 @ 04:40 UT ±01:25. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
The 250 - 560 metre wide asteroid 2014 GD50 will make a close pass (38.5 lunar distances, 0.0989 AU), travelling at 24.00 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May 2014 @ 12:05 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
The 15 - 33 metre wide asteroid 2013 XS23 will make a close pass (46.5 lunar distances, 0.1194 AU), travelling at 5.83 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 19th May 2014 @ 14:07 UT ±03:32. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
Sun 18.05.14: captured with a 100mm refractor and Vesta pro webcam + focal reducer and solar filter (hazy cloudy conditions) Sun 18.05.14: Photo mosaic (hazy cloudy conditions)
UFOs suspected to be rocket debris A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying an Express-AM4R communications satellite crashed outside of Kazakhstan's territory on Friday, about nine minutes after lift-off, Russia media outlet ITAR-Tass reported. The crash was likely caused by a failure in one of the...
A campaign has been launched to build a permanent memorial to a bear which spent much of its life in Scotland - after fighting in World War II. The bear - named Voytek - was adopted in the Middle East by Polish troops in 1943, becoming much more than a mascot. The large animal even helped their armed forces...
The 38 - 86 metre wide asteroid 2014 JT54 will make a close pass (13.1 lunar distances, 0.0338 AU), travelling at 20.65 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th May 2014 @ 23:32 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
The 91 - 200 metre wide asteroid 2014 FP47 will make a close pass (37.3 lunar distances, 0.0959 AU), travelling at 5.63 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th May 2014 @ 21:34 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...
The 12 - 27 metre wide asteroid 2014 JN25 will make a close pass (17.6 lunar distances, 0.0453 AU), travelling at 5.29 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th May 2014 @ 18:47 UT ±00:06. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU)...
The 78 - 170 metre wide asteroid 2014 HS124 will make a close pass (40.7 lunar distances, 0.1046 AU), travelling at 6.90 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 18th May 2014 @ 02:40 UT ±00:08. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256...
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