Millions of years ago, the primitive environments of Mars and Earth were probably similar, so since life exists on Earth, then we can legitimately consider the hypothesis that it could also have developed on Mars.
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SPACE.com – Galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high, newdata from a NASA spacecraft indicates.
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SPACE.com – A well-traveled 12-inch Buzz Lightyear actionfigure is receiving a homecoming worthy of any full-size astronaut returningfrom more than a year onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at WaltDisney World today.
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AP – Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte turned space into his big top Wednesday, boarding a Russian rocket and lifting off on a mission that mixes a serious message on water shortages with some clowning around in the cosmos.
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SPACE.com – A Canadian space tourist and two career astronauts are enroute to the International Space Station (ISS).
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After leaving Thales Alenia Space in the south of France on 15 September, ESA’s SMOS Earth Explorer has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it will be prepared for launch on 2 November.
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2009 September 24
Often inspiring, or offering a moment forcontemplation, a sunset isprobably the most commonly photographed celestialevent.But this uncommonly beautifulsunset picture was taken on a special day,the Equinox on September 22.Marking the astronomical changeof seasons,on that day Earth dwellers experiencednearly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hoursof darkness (an equal night). Reflected in the calm waters of Lake Balaton with a motionless sailboatin silhouette, the Sun is setting due west and heading south acrossthe celestial equator.In the background lies the Benedictine Archabbeyof Tihany, Hungary
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2009 September 26
Our magnificent Milky Way Galaxy sprawls across thisambitious all-sky panorama.In fact, at 800 million pixels the full resolution mosaic strivesto show all the stars the eye can see in planet Earth’s night sky.Part of ESO’s, the mosaicked images were recorded over several months of2008 and 2009 at exceptional astronomical sites;the Atacama Desert in the southern hemisphereand the Canary Islands in the northern hemisphere.Also capturing brightplanets and even a comet, the individual frameswere stitched together and mappedinto a single, flat, apparently seamless360 by180 degree view.The final result is oriented so the plane of our galaxyruns horizontally through the middle with the bulgingGalactic Center at image center.Below and left of center are the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies,the Magellanic Clouds
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ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday 11 September for cooperation in the field of space transportation.
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AFP – Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte on Friday boarded the International Space Station (ISS), where he is expected to engage in extraterrestrial clownery, after a successful docking of the Soyuz craft.
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