Have you ever imagined seeing live imagery of the Earth from Space 24×7? Well, this is about to be true. Two high-definition (HD) cameras are going to be installed on International Space Station (ISS) which will provide 24×7 live video coverage of the Earth. The world will never look the same again.
How would you feel if NASA approves your chosen name for an asteroid and every people will call the asteroid by your given name? If that really happens then I’m guessing, you might be flying in air with joy. This is not a dream; it may really happen! In the space, there is an asteroid known as (101955) 1999 RQ36 which may hit our planet Earth in far future. Undoubtedly, the name is difficult to remember and weird to pronounce. So, NASA scientists are giving students across the world an opportunity to name that asteroid. This is a golden chance for every student to represent him before NASA and the world.
Guys, can you tell, who is the designer of the first laptop computer? It’s Bill Moggridge, a British industrial designer, who designed an early portable computer. His designed computers were used in NASA’s space shuttle Discovery. But the sad news this British industrial designer, one of the prime innovators in laptop computing, has died at age 69 on September 8, 2012.
Recently, NASA’s/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a collection of ancient stars of the globular cluster Messier 56 (also known as M 56 or NGC 6779). The cluster is 33,000 light years away from Earth, and believed to be a nebula without any star when it was first discovered in 1779.
Moon was, and still is, a fascinating thing to the human kind. To conquer the moon for the first time, three astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin set off for the moon in 1969 boarding on Apollo 11. Among them, Neil Armstrong was the first man who set foot on the Moon. He was a hero of millions. But the sad news is that this space legend is no more with us.
Curiosity has been making headlines ever since it successfully landed on Mars. The world has been waiting eagerly to get further updates about the rover. And now, NASA has revealed that the rover has shot its first laser on a Martian rock to analyze its components.
After landing on the mysterious red planet Mars safely on Aug. 5, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has been sending images of Mars from there to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) continuously. For the first time, Curiosity has snapped its 1st hi-resolution self-portrait on Mars surface on Aug. 7 and has sent it to JPL. NASA released the image during a press conference on Friday, August 17. Want to see the hi-resolution self-portrait of Curiosity?
At present, Mars rover Curiosity is running its mission on the red planet, Mars. NASA has spent billions of dollars to make Mars rover Curiosity. But using LEGO brick and following some instruction, anyone can build real Mars rover alike Curiosity at home or anywhere. Now you can take the fun and excitement to the next level for all the kids in your family with the own LEGO Mars rover – Curiosity.