http://astroaviator.com From Aviation to Space Exploration, it's all in it... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:17:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://astroaviator.com/2011/02/27/29-teams-signed-up-for-google-lunar-competition/ http://astroaviator.com/2011/02/27/29-teams-signed-up-for-google-lunar-competition/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:42:41 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2011/02/27/29-teams-signed-up-for-google-lunar-competition/ Nearly 29 private teams have applied for the lunar contest to land a robot on the surface of the moon. The challenge is being held by Google Lunar Xprize and the core objective behind it is to successfully land a robot on the lunar ground, travel at least 500 meters and send data images back to Earth and who so ever completes the task will get $20 million prize. Related posts:

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]]> http://astroaviator.com/2010/02/19/spacex-to-replace-space-shuttle/feed/ 0 http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/19/simple-way-to-take-pictures-from-the-edge-of-space/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/19/simple-way-to-take-pictures-from-the-edge-of-space/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:39:43 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/19/simple-way-to-take-pictures-from-the-edge-of-space/ If you are really addicted of taking images of Earth from the near edge of space, well no problem it’s simple!. MIT students recently invented a way of taking photo’s of earth in a very low cost i.e for $150.  MIT students designed a low-budget balloon that did not require the use of expensive equipment [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/19/simple-way-to-take-pictures-from-the-edge-of-space/feed/ 0 http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/15/armadillo/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/15/armadillo/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:10:24 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/15/armadillo/ 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 [...] Related posts:

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