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Thursday, October 2, 2014

India will join the Earth observation missions

Toronto signed an agreement on cooperation between NASA and the Indian Space Agency for join the Earth observation missions.

Last month, the MAVEN spacecraft and the Indian spacecraft MOM arrived safely to the Red Planet with a difference of only a few days. In honor of that event, the Indian space probe for the first time in the history of mankind has reached Mars; 

Total eclipse of the moon will be visible on October 8

National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT) calls not to miss the last of this year a total lunar eclipse that will occur on 8 October. Following a similar phenomenon, according to forecasts, will be seen only 4 April 2015.

Partial eclipse will last from 15:15 to 20:33 hours and from 17:25 to complete 18:24 local time. 

Man on mars

The Red Planet has been getting a lot of attention recently, between India's low-cost MOM probe entering Mars's orbit, NASA's MAVEN doing the same, and the Curiosity rover reaching the most potentially fertile site yet for signs of ancient life. Elon Musk has even talked about building a city there. For most people who look out at the night sky and wonder whether we're alone, Mars holds our best hope for proving that we're not.