Topic: Space - on May 2, 2004 at 9:46:00 PM CEST
"Maske des Teufels" im Kosmos
Astronomen bezeichnen den Anblick der Aufnahme gruselig als 'Maske des Teufels' und beziehen sich hierbei auf ein Foto, das der Arbeit an der europäischen Südsternwarte in Chile zu verdanken ist.
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Topic: Space - on April 13, 2004 at 10:35:00 PM CEST
100,000 times as bright as our own Sun
Hidden behind a curtain of dusty darkness lurks one of the most violent pockets of star birth in our galaxy. Called DR21, this stellar nursery is so draped in cosmic dust that it appears invisible to the human eye.
By seeing in the infrared, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has pulled this veil aside, revealing a fireworks-like display of massive stars. The biggest of these stars is estimated to be 100,000 times as bright as our own Sun.
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Topic: Space - on April 3, 2004 at 9:49:00 PM CEST
The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers
"In 1947, the editor of Amazing Stories watched in astonishment as the things he had been fabricating for years in his magazine suddenly came true!... Once the belief system had been set up it became self-perpetuating. The people beleaguered by mysterious rays were joined by the wishful thinkers who hoped that living, compassionate beings existed out there beyond the stars. They didn't need any real evidence. The belief itself was enough to sustain them."
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Topic: Space - on January 11, 2004 at 3:01:00 AM CET
MarsNews
NewsWire for the New Frontier Established 1999 - News and Information about the Red Planet Special Coverage: Spirit Lands On Mars / Bush Announcement
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Topic: - on January 11, 2004 at 2:34:00 AM CET
Mars Rover Mission Blog
A Very Unofficial Blog Following the Twin NASA Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity.
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Topic: Space - on January 7, 2004 at 5:52:00 PM CET
Our Violent Universe: Galaxy Ripped to Shreds
The newly witnessed demise of a galaxy has given astronomers a glimpse into the lives and deaths of spiral galaxies in a violent universe, and possibly a view of the ultimate fate of the Milky Way.
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Topic: Space - on January 6, 2004 at 12:29:00 AM CET
Space Station Air Pressure Dropping
The international space station is experiencing a slow, steady drop in air pressure, and American and Russian flight controllers are investigating possible causes of the leak.
Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri about the leak just before their bedtime late Monday afternoon.
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Topic: Space - on January 5, 2004 at 6:31:00 PM CET
Hundreds see fireballs fall from sky in Spain
Hundreds of witnesses reported seeing fireballs cross the skies of northern Spain on Sunday in what authorities said may have been a disintegrating meteorite, Spanish radio said.
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Topic: Space - on December 30, 2003 at 11:09:00 AM CET
Sweet smell of failure
That rugby business confused things for a while, but now the stubbornly silent Mars probe Beagle 2 has reminded us what Britain does best: heroic failure These are all good reasons, and any one of them might account for why the probe failed. Instead of phoning home like a good extraterrestrial on Christmas Day, the Beagle snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Topic: Space - on December 25, 2003 at 5:27:00 AM CET
Beagle 2 - our thoughts are with you
At 2.47am GMT the Beagle 2 probe entered the martian atmosphere to begin the final descent to the surface, coming to rest at 2.54am.
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Topic: Space - on December 24, 2003 at 6:20:00 PM CET
The Earthrise Photograph
The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records.
Black and white photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 commander, Frank Borman,
December 24, 1968.
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Topic: Space - on December 21, 2003 at 2:50:00 PM CET
Christmas on Mars: be there with ESA
The exciting event can be followed at ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, on Thursday, 25 December, from 01:30 to 14:00 , together with the mission managers, the operation teams, scientists and top ESA management, including ESA's Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA’s Director of Science David Southwood and ESA's Director of Technical and Operational Support Gaele Winters. The highlights of the night will also be webcast over the internet at mars.esa.int<.
As well as live streaming of key events, the Mars Express site will have daily news, features, images, videos and more.
The ESA TV Service will provide live coverage of operations, from the Operations Control Centre at ESOC. All transmission and satellite details are published online at television.esa.int< .
All live transmissions are also carried free-to-air on Astra 2C at 19 degrees East, transponder 57, horizontal, (DVB-MPEG-2), frequency 10832 MHz, Symbol Rate 22000 MS/sec, FEC 5/6. The service name is ESA.
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