When Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon and strapped themselves into the command module of Apollo 12 for the second moon landing, they could not predict the mission would fail almost immediately. Continue reading
On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites.
By Dr. Tony Phillips, NASA – On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites, says NASA.
“Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet.”
That’s a pretty close shave! Should be worry? Watch the video and find out. Continue reading
United States – City Lights at Night (NASA photo public domain)
NASA Earth Observatory – This image of the United States of America at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. Continue reading
Solar Eclipse 2012 (NASA photo)
On November 13/14, 2012 the sun was totally eclipsed by the moon.
The total solar eclipse was only visible over a narrow range of sites, especially in northern Australia.
The Eclipse Gallery follows the page break.
The two NASA videos can be seen by clicking through to Flickr.
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The 2012 Transit of Venus was the first in 120 years. NASA pulled out all the stops. Click on the picture above for their high definition photographs from the Goddard Space Flight Centre. Photographs taken on the ISS will follow.
A high resolution close up video follows the story break.
The Transit of Venus is a once in a lifetime event captured by these photographers.
M watching transit by Dave Lytle (creative Commons)
Gracious thank you to all the photographers who allow their work to be published under Creative Commons, with some rights reserved.
For more information on the Transit of Venus, see Transit of Venus – Venus Passes In Front of Sun on June 5 2012
The Goddard photographs are in a separate gallery. Hi-Def Transit of Venus Photo Gallery and Video
For more photographs, click through to Flickr.
Captain Cook traveled to Tahiti in 1768 to see the planet Venus cross in front of the sun to watch the Transit of Venus. The newly discovered island was one of the best places on the earth to watch the once in 125 year event.
In a two days, astronauts and scientists on the International Space Station (ISS) will be able to get the best photographs in history of the Transit of Venus, a once in a century space event. Continue reading
