Smiling Moon of Hope Shines down on Mumbai : Tonight December 1 2008

It seemed like a normal (??) day at work in Mumbai and a regular evening till a colleague of mine discovered this smiling moon.It seems that the moon aided by the two planets are trying to give a message of hope and...

tonight in the sky of western australia

a very rare treat happen tonight in the sky of western australia (the moon smiling ,venus and jupiter) i just took the pic outside my home.you can see better with the eyes than with the camera.

Venus, Jupiter and the moon align this weekend

The striking photo to the left was taken in southern California... my own meager attempt is below.When seen from Reno, Nevada the sight was breathtaking.  As the sun went down , there in the west was this...

'Twilight' Sequel Confirmed: 'New Moon' will be made

Stephanie Meyer's best selling sequel to Twilight will be made into a movie. 'New Moon' already has a screenwriter and riding high on the success of Twilight at the box-office, it would be silly not to make the...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

The Space Race Continues

We are entering another generation of the space race with India's landing of its first unmanned space craft. China has also been developing its space technology over the past decade with manned missions and last year...

Chandrayaan successfully orbiting the moon

After a successful launch this is the icing on the cake for Indian Lunar Mission. ISRO has managed to place Chandrayaan in the Lunar mission. It is noteworthy that India has joined a select league of nationa like...

China's Space Industry Takes Off

Heard this morning that China is building a moon lander to launch in 2012.  It would make them the second country to softland anything on the moon.  This article explains some of the history of China's increasingly active space program.  See some history at...

Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA

Call this opinion an opinion piece.  The Futurists will not allow it to happen, although the X-prizes are still within bounds.      "San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man...

INDIA LAUNCHES MOON MISSION SUCCESSFULLY

Indian Scientists launched moon mission named CHANDRAYAN successfully from Sriharikota launch facility. It has been described as a text book launch despite fears of adverse weather. Let us wish them all the success.

Space Brits

"Let's put a Brit in space" says the new Science Minister and the first question leapping to mind for some wiill be OK which one? There are many candidates for who we personally might like putting into space with...

World's Largest Telescope to be placed on Moon

Scientists want to place the world's largest telescope on Earth's biggest satellite: the Moon. Using some of the simplest technologies available, like water based telescopes, researchers have devised a way to use...

Great Gig in the Sky - Richard Wright of Pink Floyd dies **update**

***10/7/08 BBC Radio tribute "A radio tribute entitled 'Remember A Day: Richard Wright In His Own Words' runs on BBC Radio 2 in the UK this Saturday, 11th October, at 7.00 PM. Including his last ever radio...

New Study: Full Moon Energizes Birds

A new study shows that at least one bird's level of activity will dramatically increase with moonlight, so the moon can affect the level of activity."The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that lunar phases...

China spacecraft returns to Earth

"China's Shenzhou VII space capsule has returned to Earth after a successful mission orbiting the planet. The spacecraft touched down in the Mongolian desert to rapturous applause from mission control in Beijing....

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