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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Constantly changing vortex over the south pole of Venus


As a new study shows, a huge cyclone formed over the south pole of Venus, is divided into parts, and then going back into one.

Observation of the planet for the past six years has allowed concluding that the "long-lived" storm is constantly evolving. This fact led to a greater number of issues related to the unusual weather conditions on the planet.

In 2006, when the spacecraft ESA "Venus Express (Venus Express, VEX) came to Venus (this was in April), then over the South Pole was seen resembling a cyclone structure, 

New research Curiosity


Moving away from the forced hibernation, the rover “Curiosity " immediately proceeded to new research. He even made a fence of new samples of Martian soil and made it into powder with its onboard scientific instruments. Now, the rover is ready to perform a complete chemical and spectral analysis of the obtained powder and send the results to Earth at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA).

Space 'Dragon' returns home today


According to the NASA, private space capsule "Dragon" now returns home.
Today is Tuesday, March 26 commercial space capsule "Dragon" (Dragon) is returned to the International Space Station to Earth. It splashed down in the Pacific Ocean in 396 kilometers from the coast of California from 1210 kilograms of cargo on board. Among the cost will be more unnecessary equipment to the ISS, space debris, the results of various research, and more.