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Astro Earth - May 2008

Houston, we have a smelly problem

May 30th 2008 11:24
Space toilet


The only toilet aboard the space station is out of order. The problem could be further compounded with the launch of the space shuttle, which is on schedule for liftoff on May 31


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The Phoenix has landed

May 26th 2008 08:34
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has landed, on Mars's northern polar region, despite NASA’s previous failures from two unsuccessful Mars missions, MPL and MSP ‘01, this mission was a success.

This image taken by the Mars Global Surveyor's in 1998 shows what appears to an ancient river bed carved by flowing water. Known as Nanedi Vallis :image JPL


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Space shuttle Discovery launch later this month

May 22nd 2008 05:51
Image above: Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman works with spacesuits aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA TV


Space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission is a go for launch on May 31


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The resurgence of nuclear-powered aircraft

May 20th 2008 03:42
Fifty years on and it seems that not much has changed the idea of a nuclear powered aircraft has been put forward yet again. With the price of crude oill on the rise is this idea the answer ?
The resurgence of nuclear-powered aircraft is apparently on the drawing board again.
The US Air Force is about to undertake on a feasibility study for a nuclear-powered version of an unmanned aircraft. The drone that will carry out unmanned surveillance work in sensitive areas of the world


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Dark Stars

May 17th 2008 04:50
This artist's conception shows what an invisible "dark star


Dark Stars, sounds like a contradiction in terms but they still may exist


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Your Name in Space (Part 2)

May 14th 2008 08:37
Model of the Kepler Mission Probe


One of the first names sent into space were engraved on a plate and attached on board Pioneer 10 some years ago. Pioneer 10 has become the first artificial object to leave the solar system


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Would you like to have your name orbiting the Moon?

May 11th 2008 06:15
Artist rendering of the LRO spacecraft


NASA now invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft


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Comet Holmes " Super-Sizing"

May 7th 2008 07:38
Last year comet Holmes made the news is a big way. The seemingly little known comet makes a spectacle of itself practically overnight. Holmes makes a return journey around the Sun every 6.9 years.

Early October 2007 Hubble wide view of comet Holmes

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Catch A Falling Star

May 2nd 2008 08:16
The Month of May looks very promising for Aquarids meteor shower. There are several meteor showers in the Southern Hemisphere during the year, the Eta Aquarids in May are one of the best. Most meteor showers come from left over fragments of passing comets. In this case the Eta Aquarids are dust particles left behind from comet Halley as it passes through our inner Solar System every 76 years. Earth crosses the orbital path of Halley’s comet every May and October. Over the centuries Halley’s dust particals have spread out along its orbit. The meteors we see now days aren't from Halley's last passage to Earth in 1986 the meteors we now are remnants of dust deposited centuries ago. (when we intersect Halley's orbit again in October this, the meteors we see are called the Orionids).


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