Exactly 50 years ago, April 12 1961, began the epic of man in space. Yuri Gagarin, ayouth of 27 years, aware that he could not accomplish other, was the first man to travel around the earth orbit.. Continue reading [..]
“Moving rocks” is an unexplained phenomenon that happens in the desert Mojave, region located between Nevada and California.
More precisely, it is possible to observe Playa Racetrack, in the famous Death Valley, United States national park full of geological history, where is the biggest depression of North America (-86 meters below sea level).
In this sandy desert, probably the.. Continue reading [..]
ORBITER is a completely FREE space flight simulator, which takes you beyond the boundaries of ‘atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to issue a Satellite, Rendezvous with the ISS International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system – the choice is yours.. Continue reading [..]
Among the many photographs of the Earth, the best are undoubtedly those produced by NASA in 2005, obtained after 3 months of photo shoots from the two satellites Terra and Aqua. The images of the two hemispheres are these: ..
What is Thunder?
The storm is an intense convective phenomenon accompanied by strong gusts of wind, heavy rainfall also in character and hail lightning (lightning). The storms can be classified into three main types: heat, terrain and time of heat frontali.I develop when the atmosphere is in unstable conditions conditional on reaching a certain temperature near the ground. Are more likely in hot weather, in the mountains in the afternoon and evening.. Continue reading [..]
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST abbreviated English name from the initials of the Hubble Space Telescope, or just Hubble) is a telescope placed in the outer layers of Earth’s atmosphere, about 600 kilometers altitude, in orbit around the Earth (each orbit takes about 92 minutes). It was launched on April 24, 1990 with the Space Shuttle Discovery as a joint project of NASA and European Space Agency.
The telescope can reach an angular resolution better than 0.1 arcseconds.. Continue reading [..]
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