NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 10, 2015. Kelly wrote, “#GoodMorning Texas! Great view of you, the #moon , and #Venus this morning. #YearInSpace”
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Live from Krakow
Will CarbonSat or FLEX be ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission? Follow discussions at the User Consultation Meeting on 15–16 September -
Proba-2’s partial eclipse
Space science image of the week: ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses yesterday -
Soyuz TMA-16M landing
Replay of Soyuz spaceraft landing in the Kazakh steppe after 10 days in space for ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen -
Andreas Mogensen lands after a busy mission on Space Station
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Soyuz spacecraft commander Gennady Padalka and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov landed this morning at 00:51 GMT (02:51 CEST 12 September) in the steppe of Kazakhstan, marking the end of their missions to the International Space Station.
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Hubble Sees a Galactic Sunflower
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, recall the pattern at the center of a sunflower.
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Supervising two rovers from space
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA’s Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover from the International Space Station to repair a mockup lunar base in the Netherlands.
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A heart full of stars
The Hubble Space Telescope has found a giant galaxy cluster with a huge galaxy at its core that is bursting with new stars -
Avezzano chequerboard
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of agricultural structures in Italy, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Galileo launch replay
Full replay of the first part of the launch transmission for Galileo satellites 9 and 10 -
Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit
Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion today, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, atop a Soyuz launcher.
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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Kibo-ABC Member Countries' News: Indonesia
Kibo-ABC Member Countries’ News: Indonesia
Last Updated: September 11, 2015
Finalists of the Scientific Writing Competition for high school students in Indonesia, “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science,” are conducting simulated microgravity experiments for the final competition in October
The Scientific Writing Competition “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science” has begun, in cooperation with the School of Life Sciences & Technology, ITB (Institut Teknologi Bandung) and the Indonesian space agency LAPAN. Using a Clinostat provided by LAPAN, five high school finalists are now conducting experiments in preparation for the final competition on October 10, 2015. A “Clinostat” is an experimental device that simulates microgravity environments, often used to study the effects of microgravity on cell cultures and animal embryos. It has a rotating disc to which the plant or animal cell sample is attached; the sample thus receives equal stimulus on all sides, negating the effects of gravitational pull on plant or cell growth.
The five finalists were selected from among 28 proposals from high schools nationwide. Each experiment will be conducted by a team of three students with one assisting teacher. Finalists were selected by a panel of judges, based on their experiment’s feasibility and the potential benefit of its results. The winners of the final competition will be decided by scores based on their experiment’s process and results. The first-, second-, and third-place winners will be awarded certificates, trophies, telescopes, and Android tablets! The other two finalists will also be awarded certificates and small telescopes.
These experiment ideas from Indonesia’s next generations are highly anticipated to one day grow into ideas for microgravity experiments in the Kibo module on the International Space Station, and to contribute to better utilization of the space environment by Indonesia and other Asia-Pacific countries.
The competition is held as a part of “Space Science Festival,” an annual event organized by LAPAN to celebrate World Space Week (worldspaceweek.org). The event encourages students to learn more about space science and astronomy, and also promotes space experiments for better utilization of space technology. There will be an exhibition open to the public, and approximately 200 participants will attend the festival including 150 students already registered. The exhibition will feature reports from last year’s observation events, a mini planetarium, games, a bazaar, and an open house for space and atmospheric research laboratories in Indonesia.
For further information, please visit LAPAN’s website: http://pussainsa.lapan.go.id/fsa
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