NASA has released a new book for visually impaired people to experience the wonders of the moon. Called “Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters,” the 17-page book features Braille and tactile diagrams of the lunar surface, craters and peaks.
The book was created and funded by NASA’s Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), at Moffett Field, Calif, and features tactile diagrams of … Read the rest of this article
Two small NASA probes that had been used to study space weather now are orbiting the moon to study its interior and surface composition.
The spacecraft, called Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun (ARTEMIS), began their journey away from Earth’s orbit in July 2009. The first spacecraft entered lunar orbit on June 27, and … Read the rest of this article
NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to announce the selected landing site for the agency’s latest Mars rover. The event will be in the museum’s Moving Beyond Earth Gallery. NASA Television and the agency’s Web site will provide live coverage of the event.
Participating in … Read the rest of this article
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Saturday became the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Dawn will study the asteroid, named Vesta, for a year before departing for a second destination, a dwarf planet named Ceres, in July 2012. Observations will provide unprecedented data to help scientists understand the earliest … Read the rest of this article
The STS-135 crew of space shuttle Atlantis and the Expedition 28 crew of the International Space Station have been treated with great views of the Aurora Australis.
Here’s one shot the crews photographed, showing a panoramic view of the station/shuttle complex along with several different astronomical beauties! The aurora shows up brightly, but what else is in the image? Looking … Read the rest of this article
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta today (July 15), making the mission the first to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid.
The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Dawn will study Vesta for one year, and observations will help scientists understand the earliest chapter of our solar system’s history.… Read the rest of this article
This bit of info was sent to me by John Flannery who runs the South Dublin Astronomical Society (SDAS):
“Check out this documentary about space science in the Republic of Ireland on Youtube – I’m in it but had no hand in its production. It was made in 2007, just released this week [Ed: this was mid-June], and is a … Read the rest of this article
Do you know what today is? It’s the day on which Neptune has finally completed one full orbit of the sun, since its discovery in 1846. One orbit in just under 165 years.
This fascinating video (courtesy NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon and M. Estacion (STScI)) puts that one Neptunian orbit into an Earth timeline perspective
Neptune is a giant … Read the rest of this article
Dr. Misty Bentz of Georgia State University requests observations of four active galactic nuclei (AGN) for a study of variability in these sources by the STARE Collaboration. She requests BVRcIc filtered photometry of NGC 6814, NGC 7213, NGC 7469, and NGC 1566 from … Read the rest of this article
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