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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Rare Space Events: Mars, Earth and Sun Will Align, Followed by the First of a Lunar Eclipse Tetrad

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Own a Piece of NASA History With the Sale of Stolen Space Artifacts

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Large, Gigantic, or Humongous: Early NASA astronauts had to disclose penis size for space suits

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Friends in space: US, Russian astronauts fly Soyuz to ISS

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

NASA Video : UFO Spaceship Docked At International Space Station

Down below video shows the futuristic looking yellow UFO docked at the ISS for just over two minutes with the Earth slowly rotating in the background. The video ends with ISS live feed going into blue screen mode.

This likely indicates that NASA cut the ISS live feed once it was realized that the video of the UFO docked at the ISS was going live to the world. The docking positioning of the UFO suggests that it is not the result of a camera anomaly but a genuine spacecraft of unknown origin.

The incident happened on January 29, 2014 and was transmitted by NASA’s live camera feed of the ISS which is made freely available on the internet to the general public on Ustream. The live camera feed was recorded by Youtube user Streetcap1 on January 29.

Video shows that the UFO was stationary and appeared to be docked with the ISS. The UFO is seen clearly in relation to the ISS thereby allowing for an accurate estimate of its size. One estimate was 10 meters in length.

While the earth slowly rotates, the UFO remains stationary suggesting it is not a lensflare, glare, reflected image or other kind of camera anomaly. A schematic of the ISS (see attached picture) shows the UFO was docked between the Soyuz escape module and the Russian research and service module. If a UFO was to dock with the ISS, this would be one of the five active docking locations where it could so in order for personnel to be transferred on to the ISS.

Plasma-Powered UFO Technology Spaceship

In past we reported, “French Scientist Proposes UFO Propulsion System using Magnetohydrodynamics“.

Down below is a sketch of proposed design of MHD power spacecraft which looks similar to what we saw in above video.

According to 2007 media report, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) a concept explored by the power generation industry 50 years ago is being dusted off by NASA as a possible way of enabling jet engines to operate to higher speeds, to power hypersonic vehicles and reusable spaceplanes.

NASA has begun studying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) energy bypass engine concepts under its revitalised hypersonics research programme, aimed at developing technology for a two-stage space access vehicle. The MHD energy bypass cycle could make it easier to design a combined-cycle propulsion system by allowing a turbine to accelerate the vehicle to hypersonic speed where a scramjet would take over.

Later in 2009, Subrata Roy, an aerospace engineer from the University of Florida, had also submitted a patent application for an aircraft powered by magnetohydrodynamics (a bulky title for the way energy generated as a current passes through a conducting fluid), WEAV would be able to lift off vertically and hover—”a saucer and a helicopter in one embodiment,” as Roy puts it.

Source : http://news.ufl.edu/2008/06/11/flying-saucer/

The location of the docking is very suggestive. If the UFO had occupants, did they actually enter the ISS? Finally, why the blue screen at the end of the live video feed, was this done by NASA to cover up what was happening at the ISS which was possibly an unannounced visit? NASA has a lot of questions to answer.

Conclusion : There are two possibilities docked UFO at ISS could be a advance UFO Technology Spaceship develop for space exploration by USA/Russia or even a Alien spaceship.

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NASA Video : UFO Spaceship Docked At International Space Station

Friday, January 31, 2014

The Week In Numbers: Tuition For Space School, New Peanut Allergy Treatment, And More

$ 45,000: the cost to enroll in this FAA-approved spaceflight training program (that’s only 18 percent of the price of a ticket on Virgin Galactic)

12 days: the time this fruit fly spent in space. Back on Earth, something’s not quite right…

7 years: the age at which humans begin to forget their early childhood, according to new research

120 times per second: the rate at which the wings of the RoboBee flap while in flight (read about the rise of insect drones in our January 2014 cover story)

88 percent: the portion of allergic children in a recent study who could tolerate eating peanuts after this six-month treatment

21 mph: the top speed of this electric Porsche from 1898

$ 500 million: the estimated amount Google recently paid to acquire DeepMind, an artificial intelligence startup

1 in 50,000: the chance that a part of someone else’s fingerprint could randomly match with the iPhone 5′s Touch ID, according to Apple (read why fingerprint security is not the future)

1 week: the length of time the herpes simplex virus can live on a dry surface (compare the lifespans of pathogens with our interactive infographic)

2021: the year Aerion plans to deliver a supersonic business jet to its first customers

10: the number of species of endangered bats discovered in abandoned bunkers on Israel’s Jordanian border

24 hours: the length of time this hardy leech can survive submerged in liquid nitrogen

$ 800: the price of Nikon’s new first-of-its-kind, waterproof, interchangeable-lens camera

56.62 mph: the record-breaking speed of the world’s fastest face-down, head-first, human-powered vehicle

$ 5,300: the price of the Ryno, a one-wheeled motorcycle with no gas pedal or normal brake

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The Week In Numbers: Tuition For Space School, New Peanut Allergy Treatment, And More

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Top Secret Space Programs (Documentary)

Saturday, January 11, 2014

International Space Station Tour 2012 (HD) ISS Tour

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Cathleen

Published on Sep 2, 2012 by sebastiansz

Our tour guide: ESA astronaut: André Kuipers

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International Space Station Tour 2012 (HD) ISS Tour

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Cathleen

Published on Sep 2, 2012 by sebastiansz

Our tour guide: ESA astronaut: André Kuipers

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International Space Station Tour 2012 (HD) ISS Tour

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Archaeologists Discover 5000 Year Old Egyptian Artifacts That Came From Space

space This may be old news to some, but for many it wont be. A study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science in December of 2013 found that the earliest known (according to the study) iron artifacts that date back to circa 3200 BC, from two burials in northern Egypt were made from meteoritic iron, and shaped by careful hammering of the metal.(1) After hammering pieces into thin sheets before being rolled into tubes, the nine beads that were found were originally strung into a necklace with other materials like gold and gemstones. This discovery reveals the value of these materials in ancient times. It also reveals that in the fourth millennium BC, metal workers had mastered the smithing of meteoritic iron, well before what was previously thought.

The beads were excavated in 1911, found in a cemetery, and are believed to be the earliest known iron artifacts. A total of nine beads were retrieved, and the necklace beads were found in their original order. Since both tombs securely date back to Naqada, 3400-3100 BC, the beads predate the emergence of iron smelting by nearly 2000 years, and other known meteoritic iron artefacts by 500 years or more.

Professor Thilo Rehren from Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar was the lead author of the paper. They used x-ray methods to determine whether the 5,000 year old beads were actually meteoric iron, and not magnetite, which can often be mistaken to be corroded iron due to similar properties.

“The really exciting outcome of this research is that we were for the first time able to demonstrate conclusively that there are typical trace elements such as cobalt and germanium present in the beads, at levels that only occur in meteoritic iron. We are also excited to be able to see the internal structure of the beads, revealing how they were rolled and hammered into form. This is very different technology from the usual stone bead drilling, and shows quite an advanced understanding of how the metal smiths worked this rather difficult material” – Professor Rehren

There is a lot of mystery surrounding Egypt, but the fact that they made cosmic jewelery is pretty cool. We don’t often reflect on just how advanced civilizations were in these times. Even today, how the pyramids were built, the mathematical precision and the astronomical alignments that correlate with them are astonishing. If we wanted to do something like that today, even with all of our technology, it would still be almost impossible to recreate. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that these ancient civilizations were much more advanced than we are. I find it quite amusing that they knew that the Earth was round, before we even believed it to be flat!

Ancient Egyptians were fascinated with the sky, and according to Joyce Tyldesley, who co-authored a study on the same findings that was published in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science, “the sky was very important to the ancient Egyptians, something that falls from the sky is going to be considered as a gift from the gods.” (2)

While we are on the topic of meteorites, just a year earlier a group of scientists claimed with certainty that tiny fossils uncovered inside a meteorite found in Sri Lanka in late December 2012, are proof of extraterrestrial life. The paper was published in the Journal of Cosmology by Chandra Wickramasinghe, the director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom. The study was conducted alongside researchers at the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University and from the Medical Research Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Obviously, the study is surrounded by much controversy, you can read more about that and view the study here.

Earlier this year, a group of scientists claimed with certainty that tiny fossils uncovered inside a meteorite found in Sri Lanka in late December 2012, are proof of extraterrestrial life. A paper was published in the Journal of Cosmology (1)(3) by Chandra Wickramasinghe. Wickramasinghe is the director of the Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Buckingham in the U.K. The study was conducted alongside researchers at the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University and from the Medical Research Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka. – See more at: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/09/16/extraterrestrial-fossils-uncovered-inside-meteorite-found-in-sri-lanka/#sthash.f8ZWevQe.dpuf

Sources:

(1) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440313002057

(2) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12120/full

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/05/130531-egyptian-bead-meteorite-jewelry-science–gerzeh/

http://phys.org/news/2013-08-earliest-iron-artifacts-outer-space.html

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Archaeologists Discover 5000 Year Old Egyptian Artifacts That Came From Space

Monday, December 23, 2013

World"s Snow Cover Seen from Space

NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image of snowfall across the Korean peninsula on Feb. 15, 2011.

South Korea’s east coast struggled to dig out from the heaviest snowfall in more than a century, according to a NASA statement. The South Korean government deployed 12,000 soldiers to assist and rescue residents and stranded motorists.

Agence France-Presse reported that the port city of Samcheok recorded 39 inches (100 centimeters) of snowfall on Feb. 11 and 12 the heaviest snowfall amount since recordkeeping began in 1911.

In the west, Seoul, South Korea’s capital, escaped heavy snow, although the Han River froze over for the first time in years, according to the BBC.

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World"s Snow Cover Seen from Space

Sunday, December 1, 2013

VIDEO: Indian Spacecraft Leaves Earth"s Orbit, Headed For Mars

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft is officially headed to Mars. It launched out of Earth’s orbit Sunday morning.

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Space satellite on red atmosphere

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

EADS to cut up to 20 percent of Airbus Defense & Space jobs: paper

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Monday, November 11, 2013

"Ferrari Of Space" Crashes And Burns In Earth"s Atmosphere

"Ferrari Of Space" Crashes And Burns In Earth"s Atmosphere
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An artist’s rendition of the GOCE satellite shows the craft in its orbit around Earth. After four years of studying oceans and gravity fields, GOCE reentered the atmosphere over the Southern Atlantic Ocean Sunday night.

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More than a ton of advanced electronics, including an ion engine and sensors that help detect variations in gravity, crashed into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday night, when the European GOCE satellite ended its four-year mission. Most of the 2,425-pound craft disintegrated when it reentered the atmosphere over the South Atlantic Ocean; about 25 percent did not.

The European Space Agency says that GOCE — the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer — experienced “atmospheric interface” at 7:16 p.m. ET Sunday. The satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere less than 300 nautical miles south of the Falkland Islands, the agency said, citing data that was confirmed by NASA.

“While most of the 1100 kg satellite disintegrated in the atmosphere, an estimated 25 percent reached Earth’s surface,” the agency says.

GOCE ran out of fuel last month, beginning a countdown to its eventual destruction. It continued sending data to ESA through its final days and hours, yielding its observations about ocean currents as well as air density and wind speeds in the upper atmosphere.

“The central computer temperature is at 80ºC [176 degrees Fahrenheit] and the battery is at 84ºC,” ESA reported less than two hours from the craft’s destruction. “At an altitude of less than 120 km, the spacecraft is – against expectations – still functional.”

Because its orbit crossed Earth’s poles, scientists were uncertain of where GOCE would come down, as NPR reported Saturday. That uncertainty lasted into the final hours of the satellite’s reentry — an update from ESA on Sunday stated, “The most probable reentry area lies on a descending orbit pass that mainly runs across the Pacific and the Indian Oceans.”

The final track of its orbit took GOCE over Siberia, parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and Antarctica. Its reentry occurred east-southeast of the tip of South America.

“As expected, the satellite disintegrated in the high atmosphere and no damage to property has been reported,” ESA said Monday.

The satellite was nicknamed a “space Ferrari” due to its sleek and aerodynamic shape, meant to help it maintain a stable orbit at very low altitude. It relied on a steady stream of thrust from an electric ion engine to compensate for any drag it encountered.

And in a bit of serendipity, as we looked around for an object to put the satellite’s weight of 2,425 pounds into perspective, we found a story from last year predicting that an actual Ferrari was being built that might weigh For further comparison, Smart’s ForTwo model weighs around 1,800 pounds.

One of GOCE’s lasting achievements will likely be the mapping of a new “geoid,” showing deviations in the Earth’s surface. The European agency explains why that’s important:

“A precise model of Earth’s geoid is crucial for deriving accurate measurements of ocean circulation, sea-level change and terrestrial ice dynamics. The geoid is also used as a reference surface from which to map the topographical features on the planet. In addition, a better understanding of variations in the gravity field will lead to a deeper understanding of Earth’s interior, such as the physics and dynamics associated with volcanic activity and earthquakes.”

As for its uncontrolled descent, European officials had downplayed concerns raised by people who were alarmed by the thought of a car-sized orbiter crashing to Earth at random.

“Statistically speaking, it is 250,000 times more probable to win the jackpot in the German Lotto than to get hit by a GOCE fragment,” according to the head of ESA’s Space Debris Office, Heiner Klinkrad.

“The one-ton GOCE satellite is only a small fraction of the 100–150 tonnes of man-made space objects that reenter Earth’s atmosphere annually,” Klinkrad says. “In the 56 years of spaceflight, some 15,000 tons of man-made space objects have reentered the atmosphere without causing a single human injury to date.”

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Saturday, November 9, 2013

WATCH: Olympic Torch Makes Its First Space Walk

WATCH: Olympic Torch Makes Its First Space Walk
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The Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch relay made history today: After riding from Earth to the International Space Station aboard a Russian rocket, two Russian astronauts took it with them on a space walk, marking an Olympic first.

As Howard Berkes reported back in June, the torch was not lit.

“That’s because an open flame in a spaceship could be, well, dangerous,” Howard explained. “Still, once back on Earth at the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February, the space torch will be all fired up.”

Luckily, the astronauts did not let go, but the torch was tethered anyway. With that, we’ll leave you with the cool video showing the torch make its way to outer space:

The torch will return to Earth on Monday. In case you missed it, here is video of the day the torch arrived on the Space Station:

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

VIDEO: Olympic torch journeys into space

A three-man crew successfully carried the Olympic torch aboard the International Space Station on Thursday.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Stunning footage shows Felix Baumgartner’s space jump first hand (VIDEO)

Published time: October 16, 2013 14:13

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out from the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on October 14, 2012. (Red Bull Stratos / Red Bull Content Pool)

A new documentary film allows viewers to experience daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic free-fall from 39km above the Earth. The video was released to mark the anniversary of the record-breaking sky dive.

The hair-raising video follows the jump from the edge of Space from three different angles, while dials on the edge of the screen document altitude and speed.

Lasting a total of nine minutes, the footage starts with Baumgartner tumbling out of his capsule and plummeting towards Earth. The footage even allows the viewer to experience the moment when the Austrian BASE jumper breaks the sound barrier, hitting a top speed of 1,358 kilometers an hour.

After the jump Baumgartner entered the record books as the first human to break the sound barrier. The Austrian adrenaline junky said the physiological information gathered during the fall could be invaluable “for those who are exploring how people might be able to bail out of aircraft at ultra-high altitudes.”

Red Bull – who sponsored the jump – released the video to celebrate the first anniversary of Baumgartner’s feat. The original live feed broadcast on the day of the jump also broke records with over 8 million people tuning in to watch it.

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria stands on the forklift in front of the capsule during final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on October 9, 2012. (Red Bull Stratos / Red Bull Content Pool)

The jump itself was fraught with danger and took over five years to plan. The slightest slip-up could have sent Baumgartner spinning out of control, causing him to lose consciousness.

Baumgartner told press after the jump that he would never be able to surpass his space jump and was planning to retire and become a helicopter rescue pilot.

The previous record for the highest parachute jump was held by US Air Force Colonel Joe Kittinger, who jumped from 31,300 meters back in 1960.

Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria celebrates after successfully completing the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on October 14, 2012. (Red Bull Stratos / Red Bull Content Pool)