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Thales Alenia Space to build four more satellites for O3b constellation Thales Alenia Space announced today that it had signed a contract with O3b Networks Limited to deliver four more satellites for their Medium Earth Orbit constellation. These satellites are in addition to the eight already or...

Woman may be on next year's manned mission, Xin Dingding and Wang Qian report. Next year, China will launch another spacecraft, Shenzhou X, to dock with Tiangong-1 to repeatedly test the space docking technology, Wu Ping, spokeswoman for the manned space program, said on Sunday. Chen Shanguang, d...

Title: Meteorite falls in June: Two sets of observations Authors: John M. SaulAnièce C. Lawniczak Two types of meteoritic events are associated with the calendric period June 13-30. One is an excess of falls of certain basaltic meteorites. These comprise a new subgrouping of achondrites (de...

Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator, who is regularly seen on Time Team, the Channel 4 archaeological television series. Read more

A telescopic comet was discovered by Dr. Peters on the 26th of June, 1846, which continued to be observed till the 21st of July. Its period, according to the discoverer, is about 13 years, and its aphelion, like that of Tuttle's comet, is in the vicinity of Saturn's orbit. It was expected to return in 18...

The Hotse (Stone L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Shandong, China, on the 26th June, 1956. A total mass of 180 g was recovered. 35° 40'N, 115° 30'E

The Lua (Stone L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 26th June, 1926. A large stone (8632g) fell at Lua. A total mass of 9.24 kg was recovered. 24° 57'N, 75° 9'E

The Dolgovoli (Stone L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Volyn, Ukraine, on the 26th June, 1864. A total mass of 1600 g was recovered. 50° 45'N, 25° 18'E

Professor Michael Antony 'Mick' Aston, FSA (1 July 1946 - 24 June 2013) was a prominent English archaeologist. As an academic, he taught at a number of universities across the United Kingdom, and helped popularise the discipline amongst the British public by appearing as the resident academic on t...

Orbital elements: 2013 MZ5 Earth MOID = 0.4571 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 258.30816 (2000.0) P Q n 0.51169264 Peri. 274.45221 +0.86548523 -0.12862799 a 1.5480914 Node 93.50033 +0.31228386 +0.89422701 e 0.1749874 Incl. 29.01532 -0.39168113 +0.42873405 P 1.93 H 20.2 G...

Ralph Allen Sampson FRS (June 25, 1866 - November 7, 1939) was an Irish-British astronomer. He did pioneering work in measuring the colour temperature of stars. He did important research into the theory of the motions of Jupiter's four Galilean satellites, for which he won the Gold Medal of the Roya...

According to Hemant Sharma, a District Collector: During a rainstorm, a few meteorites fell on the outskirts of the small village of Kakat village, KENDRAPARA district, India, on Thursday, 23 June 2005. The meteorites, weighed around 20 kg. Some villagers collected the fallen pieces and hand...

The Santa Vitoria do Palmar meteorite was found near the city of Santa Vitoria do Palmar in Brazil in 2003 (three stones) and 2004 (one stone). On 25 June 1997 at 07:00 local time a dramatic blue and green fireball and coal black smoke trail set against a clear blue sky was witnessed by many people in the a...

The Ningqiang (Stone CV3 Carbonaceous chondrite) meteorite fell in Shaanxi, China, on the 25th June, 1983. 1900 hrs. A total mass of 4.61 kg was recovered. The main part is now held in the Department of Geology, Nanjing University, China. 32°55'30'N., 105°54'24"E.

The Wuzhi (Stone) meteorite fell in Henan, China, on the 25th June, 1931. A single stone was recovered. 35° 8'N, 113° 20'E