Browsing Archive: March, 2010
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 29, 2010,
NASA Announces Shuttle Prelaunch Events And Countdown Details
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the
news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the
upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery.
Shuttle
Discovery's STS-131 mission to the International Space Station is
scheduled to lift off at 6:21 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 5. Detailed
lists of countdown milestones, news briefing times and participants,
and hours of operation for ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 29, 2010,
 A specialized transporter brought the payload canister to Launch Pad
39A in preparation for the STS-131 mission. The canister, which is the
same dimensions as the shuttle's cargo bay, held the Leonardo supply
module during the move from processing to the shuttle. Leonardo will
be packed inside space shuttle Discovery for launch. In this image, the
payload canister holding the Leonardo supply module is hoisted to the
clean room at Launch pad 39A. Image Credit: NASA/Amanda Diller
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 NASA astronauts Scott Altman and Mike Massimino of the STS-125 mission
visit the New York Stock Exchange to support the release of Hubble 3D,
the newest IMAX film, which documents the mission to repair the Hubble
Space Telescope and features never-before-seen 3D flights
through Hubble imagery such as the Orion Nebula. In honor of the
occasion, Altman and Massimino ring 'The Closing Bell' ending the day's
trading at the Exchange on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Image Credit: NYSE
(Used by permission) Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 This image depicts a vast canyon of dust and gas in the Orion Nebula
from a 3-D computer model based on observations by NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope and created by science visualization specialists at the Space
Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. A 3-D
visualization of this model takes viewers on an amazing four-minute
voyage through the 15-light-year-wide canyon. The model takes viewers
through an exhilarating ride through the Orion Nebula, a vast
star-making factory 1,500... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 22
Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev near the town
of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 18, 2010. NASA Astronaut Jeff
Williams and Russian Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev are returning from six
months
onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of
the Expedition 21 and 22 crews. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 This image of the open star cluster NGC 7380, also known as the Wizard
Nebula, is a mosaic of images from the WISE mission spanning an area on
the sky of about 5 times the size of the full moon. NGC 7380 is located
in the constellation Cepheus about 7,000 light-years from Earth within
the
Milky Way Galaxy. The star cluster is embedded in a nebula, which spans
some 110 light-years. The stars of NGC 7380 have emerged from this
star-forming region in the last 5 million years or so, making it a
r... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many
locations along the famed 'tiger stripes' near the south pole of
Saturn's moon Enceladus. The tiger stripes are fissures that spray icy
particles, water vapor and organic compounds. This mosaic was created
from two
high-resolution images that were captured by the narrow-angle camera
when NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew past Enceladus and through the jets
on Nov. 21, 2009. Imaging the jets over time will allow Cassini
scientis... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from
Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo,
Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation. From the left are
Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japanese Aerospace
Exploration Agency, Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator; Jean-Jacques
Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency; Anatoly N.
Permirov, Head of the Russian Space Agency; and, Dr. Steve MacLean,
President of the Canadian Space Ag... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 This mosaic of images from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explore, or
WISE, in the constellation of Cassiopeia contains a large star-forming
nebula within the Milky Way Galaxy, called IC 1805 or the Heart Nebula,
a portion of which is seen at the right of the image. IC 1805 is more
than 6,000 light-years from Earth. Also visible in this image are two
nearby galaxies, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2. In visible light these galaxies
are hidden by dust in IC 1805 and were unknown until 1968 when Paolo
Maf... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
 In 2005 the robotic Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic
moon, and sent back the first ever images from beneath Titan's thick
cloud layers. This artist's impression is based on those images. In the
foreground, sits the car-sized lander that sent back images for more
than 90
minutes before running out of battery power. The parachute that slowed
Huygen's re-entry is seen in the background, still attached to the
lander. Smooth stones, possibly containing water-ice, are strewn about
...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
NASA’s Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in Space 03.04.10
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
How Black Holes May Shape Galaxies 03.03.10 
This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest
galaxies containing a rapidly growing supermassive black hole. X-ray
data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in red, optical data
from the Hubble Space Telescope in green and radio data from the Very
Large Array in blue. The spiral structure of NGC 1068 is shown by the
X-ray and optical data, and a jet powered by the central supermassive
black hole is shown by the r... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
NASA's International Space Station Program Wins Collier Trophy
WASHINGTON -
NASA's International Space Station Program has won the 2009 Collier
Trophy, which is considered the top award in aviation. The National
Aeronautic Association in Washington bestows the award annually to
recognize the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in
America.
The association says it selected the station "for
the design, development, and assembly of the of the world's largest
spacecraft, ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
 The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova noted by Earth-bound
chroniclers in 1054 A.D., is filled with mysterious filaments that are
are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than
expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected
from a free
explosion. The Crab Nebula spans about 10 light-years. In the nebula's
very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the Sun but
with only the size of a small town. The Crab Pulsar rotates about 30
times... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Friday, March 5, 2010,
In :
Activity Talks
I AM GOING TO CHANGE THE SITE A LITTLE FOR THE BETTER EFFICIENCY OF THE SITE AND TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION. Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
In :
Activity Talks
As beginning of my exams now I will not be able to talk about the latest researches but I will shortly resume my discussions and talk from the twelfth of march and wil bring more activity talks from the next session of my school. Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 1, 2010,
 Floating just below the International Space Station, astronaut Nicholas
Patrick put some finishing touches on the newly installed cupola space
windows last week. Patrick was a mission specialist onboard the space
shuttle Endeavor's recently completed STS-130 mission to the ISS. Image
Credit: NASA Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 1, 2010,
 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work platforms are moved
into position around space shuttle Endeavour in Orbiter Processing
Facility-2, following its touchdown at the completion of the STS-130
mission to the International Space Station on Feb. 21.
Processing
now begins for Endeavour's next flight, STS-134. The six-member STS-134
crew will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 3 and the Alpha
Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station, as well as a
variety of spare pa... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 1, 2010,
 Darkness enshrouded space shuttle Endeavour as it touched down on
Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. After 14 days in space, Endeavour's 5.7-million-mile
STS-130 mission was completed on orbit 217. During the STS-130 mission,
the crew installed the Tranquility node, a module that provides
additional room for crew members and many of the station's life support
and environmental control systems. Attached to Tranquility is a cupola
that provides ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 1, 2010,
 With landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour approaches the Shuttle
Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after 14
days in space, completing the 5.7-million-mile STS-130 mission.
Endeavour landed at 10:20 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 21, after delivering
the new Tranquility node and its seven-window cupola to the
International Space Station. Returning to Earth aboard Endeavour are
Commander George Zamka; Pilot Terry Virts; and Mission Specialists
Robert Behnken, Nicholas P... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 1, 2010,
STS-130: Endeavour Lands 02.21.10
(Rumbling)
Kylie Clem/STS-130 Entry Commentator: Main gear touchdown. The landing
gear is down and locked. Main gear touchdown. Pilot Terry Virts
deploying the drag chute. Nose gear touchdown. Endeavour rolling out on
runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up a 5.7 million
mile-mission. Endeavour has completed its 24th mission and the 130th
space shuttle mission. It was the 32nd to the International Space
Station overall, Endeavour's 10th ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, March 1, 2010,
 This view of the port side of space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay was
recorded after separation from the International Space Station on Feb.
19, 2010, as the STS-130 astronauts prepared for a Feb. 21 landing,
after spending over a week working in tandem with the Expedition 22
crew members aboard the station. Other than the docking system
hardware, the cargo bay is empty after delivering the Tranquility node
and the new cupola to the orbital outpost. Image Credit: NASA Continue reading ...
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