Archive for the 'Space' Category
U.S. Military to Launch Unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2
August 11th, 2011Update: Contact ‘Lost’ During Flight Via: USA Today: The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says contact with its experimental hypersonic glider was lost after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast. The glider was launched from this Minotaur IV rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.. The agency says […]
NASA Researchers: DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
August 10th, 2011Via: NASA: NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research gives support to the theory that a “kit” of ready-made parts created in space and delivered to Earth by meteorite and comet impacts assisted […]
Power Companies Prepare as Solar Storms Set to Hit Earth
August 8th, 2011Via: Reuters: Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days. “The magnetic storm that is soon to develop probably will be in the moderate to strong level,” said […]
Russia Launches Telescope With 10,000 Times the Resolution of the Hubble Telescope
July 27th, 2011Via: Christin Science Monitor: Russian scientists are jubilant at news that the Spektr-R, a powerful space telescope conceived in the depths of the cold war, was finally lofted into orbit aboard a Zenit rocket Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Once it is fully operational, the new radio telescope will sync up with ground-based […]
SpaceX Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
July 15th, 2011Via: space.com: The company Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, broke ground Wednesday (July 13) on a new launch site for its massive heavy-lift rocket. SpaceX is upgrading a site called Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, Calif. The refurbished launch complex will host SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, […]
Skylon Spaceplane Finally Gets Approval
May 28th, 2011Via: Discovery News: After 30 years of development, the UK and European space agencies have given the go-ahead for the Skylon Spaceplane. The Skylon, which is being developed at the UK’s Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines Ltd., is an unpiloted and reusable spacecraft that can launch into low-Earth orbit after taking off from a conventional runway. Looking […]
Secret X-37B Space Plane Spotted Again by Amateur Skywatchers
March 29th, 2011Via: Space: After an intense search, a crew of amateur satellite sleuths has spotted the U.S. Air Force’s second X-37B space plane – a robotic spacecraft that launched into orbit March 5. The mission of the unmanned X-37B space plane, which is known officially as the Orbital Test Vehicle 2 (OTV-2), is shrouded in secrecy. […]
U.S. Air Force Launches Second X-37B Autonomous Spacecraft
March 7th, 2011Via: Cnet: A second mysterious, robotic space plane was launched into orbit by the U.S. Air Force today, after the first craft safely returned to Earth late last year following a secretive months-long mission and speculation about its potential military or intelligence uses. The second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, left Cape Canaveral, […]
NASA SCIENTIST CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND FOSSILIZED REMAINS OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL BACTERIA IN FRESHLY FRACTURED METEORITES
March 5th, 2011Via: Journal of Cosmology: Journal of Cosmology, 2011, Vol 13, JournalofCosmology.com March, 2011 Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites Richard B. Hoover, Ph.D. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Synopsis Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous […]
50 Billion Planets Just in Milky Way Galaxy
March 5th, 2011Via: Space.com: Our galaxy could be home to a whopping 50 billion planets, say scientists working on NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting telescope. While Kepler hasn’t found nearly that many planets — to date it’s counted 1,235 candidate planets — that cosmic tally is researchers’ best guess, extrapolated from preliminary data. The Kepler spacecraft, which launched in […]
