25
Jun
2008
Over 300 Finns Applied to ESA’s Astronaut Training Program
Posted by marko as News
As we wrote in April, ESA is looking for new European candidates to their astronaut training program. ESA asked all member countries to send applications for the upcoming training program. From Finland they will receive over 300 applications. This is the first time Finns have a change to become an astronaut and fly to the […]
22
Jun
2008
This Week’s HiRISE Picture Shows Sulfates in Aram Chaos
Posted by marko as News
This picture is from Aram Chaos crater in Mars. It was taken last month by HiRISE camera of MRO-probe. The crater was named Aram Chaos because of the broken formations of the surface.
Scientists believe the crater was formed when the material under the surface dissappeared. Lowest parts of the crater contain dark sand which is […]
12
Jun
2008
One Awesome Possibility for Students to Get an Astronaut Experience!
Posted by marko as News
Check out the press release of ESA (European Space Agency). They are looking for European students to join their new programme called “Fly Your Thesis! – An Astronaut Experience”. If you are a European student (like me), this is your change to experience a zero gravity flight. My old colleague from Ericsson was lucky and […]
28
May
2008
Funny Things Happening in the International Space Station
Posted by marko as News
There has been a really unusual problem in the International Space Station (ISS). The one and only toilet of ISS has been broken. Imagine how difficult the situation can be when astronomers cannot go to toilet and Nasa is not able to send a service man up there..
Ok, it is not that tragic anymore. The […]
18
May
2008
Microsoft Has Released Their WorldWide Telescope
Posted by marko as News
Microsoft has released their WorldWide Telescope (WWT) software and it is freely downloadable in WorldWideTelescope.Com website. As Microsoft says, “The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless […]
30
Apr
2008
Did you know that Hubble space telescope has been operating already 18 years? To celebrate this anniversary NASA has published 59 new pictures of colliding galaxies. This is the biggest single set of Hubble pictures ever published.
Collisions of galaxies is just normal evolution, but it all happens in such a long time period and within […]
28
Apr
2008
Reminder - April Giveaway Campaign Soon Over!
Posted by marko as News
Hey there, this is a reminder. Our April free giveaway campaign is soon going to be over. In April we are giving away a book called “A Briefer History of Time” by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Would you like to win that book for yourself? Would you like to win something else next month? […]
24
Apr
2008
Returning Cosmonaut and Two Astronauts Almost Died During Landing
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It was a close call. The returning cosmonaut and two astronauts almost died during their landing because Sojuz capsule almost burned in the atmosphere. The crew was very lucky because the situation was actually very dangerous. The results could have been much worse.
Last weekend the Sojuz capsule was bringing back cosmonauts Juri Malatshenko, American Peggy […]
22
Apr
2008
Apophis Calculations of a School Boy Was a Fake
Posted by marko as News
Last week we wrote that a German school boy had found an error in NASA’s Apophis calculations and come up with much higher impact probability. German Nico Marquardt calculated Apophis impact probability to 1/450 while NASA estimated it to be 1/45.000. Current understanding is that Nico Marquardt’s calculation is not valid and this whole story […]
17
Apr
2008
Killer-Asteroid Apophis Has Now Much Higher Probability of Striking the Planet Earth
Posted by marko as News
Only a 13-year-old school boy found an error in NASA’s calculation and came up with much larger probability for the killer-asteroid Apophis to strike the Earth. According to NASA Apophis has 1/45.000 probability to strike the Earth. 13 years old Nico Marquardt noticed an error in NASA’s calculation and corrected it to staggering 1/450, says […]