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NASA/ESA reports hubble’s capture of a striking image from NGC 7049. The image resembles the crown of thorns placed atop Jesus’ head by Roman soldiers. In a press release, NASA/ESA reports: The NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of NGC 7049, a mysterious looking galaxy on the border between spiral and elliptical galaxies. [...]
Ian O’Neill at Universe Today believes North Korea’s launch of a Taepoding missile was a partial success. O’Neill writes, “The Taepoding-2 rocket didn’t make it into space at all, and rather than orbiting the Earth, the communications satellite now rests at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. However, this is a worrying development, the missile [...]
I was just thinking about that piece of Russian space junk that blazed a trail along the U.S. East Coast the other night. Is it possible to weaponize space junk? Could large rocket parts also have a secondary purpose? Would it be possible to install a guidance system to maneuver the object to hit a [...]
The crash of a commercial US Iridium satellite with a dead russian Cosmos satellite is said to be the first of its kind. Iridium says its Iridium constellation is “healthy” and “this event is not the result of a failure on the part of Iridium or its technology.” Iridium says “…the company is taking the [...]
Shuttle Endeavour has blasted off and is well on its way with a crew of seven, including teacher Barbara Morgan.
I can’t believe it; NASA allowed drunk astronauts to fly aboard shuttles. Good grief: Aviation Week—A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa Nowak arrest has found that on at least two occasions astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they [...]
Atlantis returned safely to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this morning, landing at 6:21am. Welcome home.
An object seen floating near Space Shuttle Atlantis is causing concern at NASA. A TV camera on the shuttle caught an object floating near Atlantis; and NASA is concerned the object came loose from the shuttle: NASA—An object was observed by flight controllers using a TV camera on the shuttle in close proximity to the [...]
