... October 30, 1998 . John Glenn: Discovery Launch . ... Explanation: At left , the Space Shuttle Discovery waits in darkness on Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B . At right , on Thursday October 29, Discovery blasts through a bright afternoon sky returning Senator John Glenn to space over 36 years after he became the first American in orbit . ... Godspeed John Glenn." while Kennedy Space Center launch control offered, "Let the wings of Discovery lift us into the future ." ... About APOD > . ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... Credit: Courtesy KSC , NASA Explanation: At left , the Space Shuttle Discovery waits in darkness on Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B . At right , on Thursday October 29, Discovery blasts through a bright afternoon sky returning Senator John Glenn to space over 36 years after he became the first American in orbit . ... Godspeed John Glenn." while Kennedy Space Center launch control offered, "Let the wings of Discovery lift us into the future ." ... October . ...

... October 9, 1997 . Hale-Bopp and the North American Nebula . ... Explanation: Comet Hale-Bopp 's recent encounter with the inner Solar System allowed many breath-taking pictures. Above, Comet Hale-Bopp was photographed on March 8th in the constellation of Cygnus . ... The North American Nebula is about 1500 light years away, much farther than the comet, which was about 8 light minutes away. ... About APOD > . ...

Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2009js in NGC 918 . Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page . Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages. Discovered independently by Lick Observatory Supernova Search (USA) and Koichi Itagaki (Japan). ... 2009/10/11.44 . 17.2 . ... Joseph Brimacombe . ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... As example you have only to look at the recent discovery of a supernova by Irish astronomer David Grennan . ... The last confirmed supernova in the Milky Way to be observed was in 1604 (known to history as Kepler ?s Star; it was bright enough to be seen in the daytime sky). €а Ever since then all supernovae examined by astronomers have been denizens of other galaxies. ... Tweets that mention Supernova spotted by Irish astronomer -- Topsy.com . ...

The small solids. Asteroids or the small planetes . ... The comets. ... Ceneca the Young.Procuring about the nature.63 y. The comet is a celestial body of a great size, but a rare one... transparent. Sometimes there seen a core and the medium forms a kind of a tail, beard or dishevelled looks. ... The core is an ice body - conglomeration of frosted gas and dust. ... The comet state is variable: ones have the con tails, others the dust tails, and the third have both. ... Meteors and meteorites. ...

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... NASA Astronaut (FORMER) . ... As an MVL team member, he conducted neurovestibular research on astronauts on the Spacelab Life Sciences 2 shuttle mission (STS-58). ... Beginning in January 2012, Robinson served as Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Virtual Reality Laboratory as well as Chief of Aviation Safety for the Astronaut Office. ... Dr. Stephen Robinson has flown on four space shuttle missions and has served as a backup crew member for the fourth crew of the International Space Station:...

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A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts - draft april 17, 1995 - J.Bonnell In October of 1963 the US Air Force launched the first in a series of satellites inspired by a recently signed nuclear test ban treaty. ... The event appeared to be a cosmic gamma-ray burst but at the time the constellation of satellites did not have sufficient timing resolution at the trigger to make a good determination of direction to the burst source. ...

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Launch of Explorer 1 . Click here for a full size version of this image. ... The USSR was first, sending off its first "Sputnik" ("satellite") on October 4, followed by Sputnik II on November 3. ... News conference following the launch of Explorer 1 . ... Unlike the orbits of the Sputniks, that of Explorer 1 was quite elliptical and it rose to an altitude of about 2500 kilometers. ... Explorer 2 failed to orbit, but Explorer 3, launched March 26, was successful, and it did carry a tape recorder. ...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... The Primary Expedition 7 crew International Space Station (ISS) - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (ISS-7 commander, Soyuz TMA-2 commander), American astronaut Edward Lu (ISS-7 flight engineer, Soyuz TMA-2 flight engineer-1) - and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, Visiting Expedition 5 (VE-5) flight engineer, Soyuz TMA-2 flight engineer-2 Pedro Duquer of Spain have returned to Earth in the Descent Module (DM) of the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft. ...

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The discovery of two new moons of Pluto Hubble Pluto Satellite Search Team reporting the discovery to the New Horizons Science Team on November 2, 2005 at the Kennedy Space Center Andrew Steffl (SwRI) Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory) Eliot Young (SwRI) Max Mutchler Space Telescope New Horizons mission to Pluto: launched 19 Jan 2006! ... Names for the new moons? ... 15 May 2005, frame 1 2 Notice the star trails, cosmic rays, chip gap.. ... New moons of Pluto! ...