Space station adjusts Its position to watch the Sun

The sun shines and illuminates our planet by our scientists, while those watching our nearest star in an attempt to deepen the understanding of solar activity and its importance to our planet. Unique data obtained from studies of the Sun, will help scientists to replenish the treasury of our knowledge of the Earth's atmosphere and climate. June 30 was the second occasion in the history of space exploration, when the International Space Station has changed his position to assist in the new study, giving astronomers a chance continuous review of our star.

Oceanography satellite Jason-1 makes his final bow

The world superstar oceanography satellite, spacecraft, served for a total of 11.5 years. A joint project of NASA and the center of Centre National d "Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the satellite to study sea level Jason-1 was retired this week after losing their last remaining the satellite transmitter.

Launched in December 2001, initially with a planned service life of 3 to 5 years, Jason-1 has helped to create a huge database on the topography of the oceans for the 20-year period, 

Scientists are working on the protection of terrestrial energy systems from solar storms

Ground-based tools allow scientists to obtain new information about solar eruptions that threaten life on Earth.

Experts of the British geological survey (BGS) began collecting data from three research stations in the UK to assess the influence of powerful solar storms on our planet's power grid.

Although coronal mass ejections - giant solar eruptions of hot plasma - is extremely difficult to predict, but scientists are trying to explore the possibilities of the most effective protection of terrestrial power systems from overloads associated with extreme manifestations of space weather.