What looks like a pair of Saturnian satellites is actually a trio upon close inspection.
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Power to ISS
Sunrise strikes the solar panels that power the International Space Space Station, caught by astronaut Tim Peake on New Year’s Eve -
The Alps in Winter
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) photographed the Alps from orbit on Dec. 27, 2015 and later shared the image with his social media followers, writing, “There may not be much snow in the Alps this winter but they still look stunning from here! #Principia”
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Reading the Alphabet From Space
NASA’s Earth Observatory has tracked down images resembling all 26 letters of the English alphabet using only NASA satellite imagery and astronaut photography. In this image, the letter ‘Y’ is for yardangs, elongated landforms sculpted by erosion and similar to sand dunes, but instead comprised of sandstone or siltstone.
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Boulders on a Martian Landslide
The striking feature in this image, acquired by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 19, 2014, is a boulder-covered landslide along a canyon wall. Landslides occur when steep slopes fail, sending a mass of soil and rock to flow downhill, leaving behind a scarp at the top of the slope.
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Europe’s first decade of navigation satellites
Ten years ago today saw the launch of Europe’s very first navigation satellite. A decade of hard work later, more than a third of the Galileo constellation has followed it into orbit and a ground network sharpening the satnav system’s accuracy encompasses the globe.
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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Call for Proposals Asian Try Zero-G, 2016
Call for Proposals Asian Try Zero-G, 2016
Last Updated: December 25, 2015
Kibo-ABC renewed “Try Zero-G for Asian youth” as “Asian Try Zero-G” program and invites your idea of the simple space experiment to be conducted in the International Space Station (ISS)/Kibo. Most updated point is the selection area became to 2 categories such as Category 1; under 18 years old, and Category 2; Young scientists and Engineers, ages up to 27 years old. The next of JAXA ISS crew, astronaut Takuya Onishi will be assigned for this mission in Japanese experiment module “Kibo” during his stay. Kibo-ABC expects unique, novel and/or informative ideas that have never been done in ISS/Kibo.
Information- Guideline [PDF: 176KB]
- Application form [Excel: 65KB]
- Available onboard items [PDF: 611KB]
- Schedule and Deadline
February 29, 2016(JST 17:00): Deadline of application submittal.
March 18, 2016: Selection announcement.
PLEASE submit to your country’s Kibo-ABC member agency. If you plan to submit the application by e-mail, the application must be postmarked by the deadline. The selection result and the winner of the candidate ideas will be announced by circulation mail. The announcement will include the contents of the proposal, the outcome/reason, as well as the applicant’s name, address (prefecture and country), and occupation.
Moreover, the result of activity will be announced on this JAXA HP. - General contact point
Kibo-ABC secretariat
E-mail : kibo-abc@aprsaf.org
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Christmas Pluto
Pluto gets into the holiday spirit, decked out in red and green using a pair of Ralph/LEISA instrument scans.
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Zinnia Flowers Starting to Grow on the International Space Station
Zinnia flowers are starting to grow in the International Space Station’s Veggie facility as part of the VEG-01 investigation. Veggie provides lighting and nutrient supply for plants in the form of a low-cost growth chamber and planting “pillows” to provide nutrients for the root system.
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Probing Mars, charging cars
Engineers developing a drill for probing Mars, the Moon and asteroids have created the world’s first portable charger to power up electric cars anywhere, anytime.
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NASA Astronaut Tim Kopra on Dec. 21 Spacewalk
Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra on a Dec. 21, 2015 spacewalk, in which Kopra and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly successfully moved the International Space Station’s mobile transporter rail car ahead of Wednesday’s docking of a Russian cargo supply spacecraft.
