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Post by a3801000 on Mar 23, 2015 20:50:13 GMT 1
In case anyone is interested in anything about "SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy", let me know. My uncle is 'currently' onboard the famous NASA B747SP.
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Apr 14, 2015 22:35:31 GMT 1
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Post by Baroque on Apr 14, 2015 22:35:31 GMT 1
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Post by nicolele on Apr 15, 2015 8:11:54 GMT 1
a video of the landing of Space X Falcon9: new video of the landing of Space X Falcon9 on april 14: https://vine.co/v/euEpIVegiIxIt was better this time but not a total success, there was a lateral control difficulty. Next Try June 19.
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Post by a3801000 on Apr 22, 2015 23:51:42 GMT 1
While he is one of the leading scientists in regards of eclipses, on SOFIA he is one of the official photographers on board.
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Post by Baroque on Apr 29, 2015 22:15:50 GMT 1
NASA has just released some gifs of Pluto and its moon Charon orbiting it. More info found here. These two below show that the barycentre of the Pluto-Charon system is outside of Pluto, which has led to some calls in the astronomy community to call it a "binary planet" system.
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Post by Baroque on May 31, 2015 14:07:28 GMT 1
A close up shot of a Ceres crater from Dawn's navigation camera.
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Post by Baroque on Jun 9, 2015 16:09:25 GMT 1
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Post by Jkkw on Jun 14, 2015 12:37:53 GMT 1
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Post by stealthmanbob on Jun 14, 2015 12:53:05 GMT 1
Excellent News, and it sent the message by Twitter !
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