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Thursday, July 11, 2013

At the tail of the heliosphere found surprising image

Spacecraft NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) recent initiates the first images showing the whole entire "leeward" side of the sun, the structure of which was a surprise to scientists.

When the sun moves through our galaxy, the Milky Way behind it reaches the "tail" of solar particles, like the tail of a comet. Previously, 

British Astronomers have first color of exoplanets

British astronomers have for the first time were able to determine the color of exoplanets. With the help of a telescope "Hubble" researchers from Oxford University Conducted a spectral analysis of the stars in the constellation Vulpecula, and where able to calculate the color of the planet orbiting HD 189733 b. Details referring to the still unpublished article for the magazine scientists Astrophysical Journal Letters lead Nature News.

Since the star is too far away, 63 light years from Earth, 

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Orion: multipurpose spacecraft system

Orion - a multi-purpose reusable manned spacecraft currently is in the development stage. The first test flight is scheduled for September 2014. This ship, in addition to delivery of cargo and astronauts to the ISS, is also intended to fly beyond the near-Earth space: the moon, asteroids, Mars and beyond. Orion will be the first such device since the Apollo missions.