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On the night of 3rd December 2009 a quite known phenomena was observed in the night sky revealing a breath taking view of the moon along with a dense cloud around the moon like a ring in the city of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and also across many cities of Pakistan. Some of the observers found it quite strange and were unable to understand the phenomenon so I’ll briefly explain why there was a huge ring around the moon.
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The news of water being discovered on moon has pumped NASA to boost their Constellation Program. But this is not all; even scientists are now dying to study more about the moon secrets and for this they need somebody to go there and start digging for the secrets they are looking for. Three probes confirming traces of water have forced the scientists to believe the existence of water. But still there are people who think these findings are bogus and a hoax, and that water cannot exist on moon.
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Marshall Space Flight Centre is testing a new robotic lunar lander test bed that will aid in the development of a new generation of multi-use landers for robotic space exploration. The test article is equipped with thrusters that guide the lander, one set of which controls the vehicle’s attitude that directs the altitude and landing. On the test lander, an additional thruster offsets the effect of Earth’s gravity so that the other thrusters can operate as they would in a lunar environment. MSFC is partnered with John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the Von Braun Centre for Science and Innovation for this project.
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Man has been searching far and wide across the universe for any signs of water when all along there it was on the body nearest to our planet. No, i am not talking about Mars but our very own, the Moon! Strange but amazing, when man first stepped on the moon and brought the soil [...]
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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), one of the new emerging space agencies in the world, on 23rd September 2009 launched seven satellites in a single rocket. Among these seven satellites, one was Indian, four German, one Turkish and one Swedish. India’s satellite, Oceansat-2, will enhance the ocean monitoring capabilities of the original Oceansat, which launched [...]
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Moon could be the coldest place in our solar system according to the scientist. Recently NASA’s probe has discovered that there are some regions on the surface of the moon were the temperature drops to –390 degrees F. This is because the craters on the moon are so deep that the sunlight barely or never [...]
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Does the word “Armadillo” ring a bell? No? Well think again! If you are a die hard fan of the Armageddon movie you will remember it as the high tech rover that saved the Earth. Now it’s out there for real but its not the kind that was in the movie ; It’s a Northrop [...]
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Well the moon once again as usuall will show its fascinating details on the night of 3rd and 4th September when it will be fully exposed. Looking at it is so interesting because it’s the only object in our solar system on which we can see a well detailed topography without using any telescope nor [...]
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Recently the Japanese Lunar surveillance satellite called Kaguya sent back new stunning HD video’s of the Moon while it was orbiting at a very low altitude. This spacecraft started taking footage from a height of 62 miles and then gradually decreasing it’s height. Ultimatly this space craft will crash land on the lunar surface bringing [...]
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