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Soyuz TMA-19 is a planned 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. It will transport three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19 will be the 106th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/...

During one of the routine crossings from Rosyth - Scapa Flow, HMS Astronomer was spotted and attacked by the German submarine U-58 . It happened June 1, 1940, in the area about 30 miles south-east of the Scottish town of Wick. Torpedo, fired just before midnight, about 23.48, hit the stern of HMS Astro...

Saturday June 16th: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Sunday June 17th: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM The UK's largest FREE celebration of the natural world, the Bristol Festival of Nature gives wildlife enthusiasts of all ages the opportunity to explore, enjoy and get close to the natural world in the heart of the city [url=ht...

World First Woman Cosmonaut Speaks About Error of Vostok Designers Vostok-6 Spaceship was ascending instead of descending from the orbit because of some error in the control program, World First Woman Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova said when interviewed by Rossiiskaya Gazeta. By request of So...

China To Launch Shenzhou-9, Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft Next Year China will launch the Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle in 2012, a spokesman for the China National Space Administration said Thursday. [u...

VISTA Views a Vast Ball of Stars A new image of Messier 55 from ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope shows tens of thousands of stars crowded together like a swarm of bees. Besides being packed into a relatively small space, these stars are also among the oldest in the Universe. Astronomers study Me...

Max Pettini (born 15 June 1949) is a professor of observational astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Read more

Heinz Kaminski (born 15 June 1921 in Bochum; died 17 February 2002 in Arnsberg) was a German chemical engineer and space researcher. Read more

HD 64740 is a star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.61. Read more

Title: The Heliometer of Rio de Janeiro in Operation - 2010 to 2013 Authors: Alexandre Humberto Andrei, Costantino Sigismondi, Eugenio Reis-Neto, Jucira Lousada Penna, Sergio Calderari Boscardin Out of the three quantities that characterize the state of an isolated gaseous body: pressure, te...

A solar eclipse of June 15, 763 BCE mentioned in an Assyrian text is important for the Chronology of the Ancient Orient. Also known as the eclipse of Bur Sagale, it is the earliest solar eclipse mentioned in historical sources that has been identified successfully. wikipedia.org

Loren C. Ball (born 1949, possibly 1948) is an accomplished amateur astronomer who has discovered a fair number of asteroids while working at his Emerald Lane Observatory in Decatur, Alabama. Read more

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a constellation of seven satellites to give a boost to the country's security apparatus, a top scientist said here Sunday. ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair said the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) was being developed...

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Orbital elements: 1972 RB Earth MOID = 0.1018 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 328.95552 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31306416 Peri. 152.57440 +0.86511449 +0.50155622 a 2.1480637 Node 177.31111 -0.47526759 +0.82243483 e 0.4862320 Incl. 5.22857 -0.16030482 +0.26840699 P 3.15 H 19.2 G 0...