Mon-Jas Charan
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"Poena Vigoratus. Pullus cavo vix. Palma , est eternus"
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on Sept 18, 2006 13:52:57 GMT -5
This is too coolSPACESHIP SILHOUETTES: Yesterday, the space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS). Amateur astronomer Thierry Legault caught the two spaceships separating directly in front of the sun:
"I took this picture from Normandy, France, at 1340 UT on Sept. 17th while the shuttle was performing a 360° inspection of the ISS," says Legault.
If you think the silhouette of the ISS looks a bit different, you're right. The ISS has a new set of solar arrays. The crew of Atlantis installed the 240-ft wings during their ten-day mission: more.
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Sept 18, 2006 17:05:54 GMT -5
very cool!!  |
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Sept 18, 2006 20:32:08 GMT -5
Apparently the ISS has increased in magnitude since the additions. Unfortunately NASA no longer displays tracking info to the public, but you can still track it here: www.heavens-above.com/I've seen it pass over a few times before, and let me tell you, it's really something! |
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Post by Cara Drume on Sept 19, 2006 10:24:47 GMT -5
Oooh, neat!
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Post by Ldi-Ovef Te_Azi on Sept 19, 2006 11:20:23 GMT -5
thats frekin cool
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Post by himiko sabbrawrra on Sept 19, 2006 13:27:55 GMT -5
That's pretty cool
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Post by Plo Strax-Avix on Sept 21, 2006 5:45:34 GMT -5
When will the ISS be completed, and when will they start construction on the NX-01? ;D
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Post by Ldi-Ovef Te_Azi on Sept 24, 2006 13:38:04 GMT -5
When will the ISS be completed, and when will they start construction on the NX-01? ;D lol |
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Mon-Jas Charan
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Post by Mon-Jas Charan on Sept 28, 2006 10:11:27 GMT -5
 Full Story:
On the Rim of 'Victoria Crater'(Stereo)
09.27.06
Anaglyph view of the interior of Victoria crater
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity reached the rim of "Victoria Crater" in Mars' Meridiani Planum region with a 26-meter (85-foot) drive during the rover's 951st Martian day, or sol (Sept. 26, 2006). After the drive, the rover's navigation camera took the exposures combined into this stereo anaglyph view of the crater's interior, which appears three dimensional when viewed through red-green glasses. This crater has been the mission's long-term destination for the past 21 Earth months.
A half mile in the distance one can see about 20 percent of the far side of the crater framed by the rocky cliffs in the foreground to the left and right of the image. The rim of the crater is composed of alternating promontories, rocky points towering approximately 70 meters (230 feet) above the crater floor, and recessed alcoves. The bottom of the crater is covered by sand that has been shaped into ripples by the Martian wind.
The position at the end of the sol 951 drive is about six meters from the lip of an alcove called "Duck Bay." The rover team planned a drive for sol 952 that would move a few more meters forward, plus more imaging of the near and far walls of the crater.
Victoria Crater is about five times wider than "Endurance Crater," which Opportunity spent six months examining in 2004, and about 40 times wider than "Eagle Crater," where Opportunity first landed.
This view is presented as a cylindrical-perspective projection with geometric seam correction.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Sept 29, 2006 0:44:38 GMT -5
Cool... now where did I put those 3d glasses?
I have a huge poster similar to this of the Mars landscape that came with 3d glasses to view it.
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