Translate

Monday, November 12, 2012

The Mars Pathfinder mission


The Mars Pathfinder mission was designed to be a revelation of the technology to put a lender and a rover on the surface of Mars so for cost effective and resourceful. Pathfinder not only met their goal, but also sent to Earth an amount of data and outshine extraordinary uptime for which it was designed.

Mars Pathfinder used an innovative method to enter directly into the Martian atmosphere, aided by a parachute to slow its descent through the thin Martian atmosphere and a giant system of airbags to cushion the impact. 

The total solar eclipse on Tuesday can be followed internet


Live To observe the total solar eclipse on Tuesday 13 November, several scientific expeditions have moved to the Australian state of Queensland. One is 'Mission eclipse', which, in collaboration with the Newspaper of Catalonia, and Alumni UB (University of Barcelona), cover the relay from a privileged location in Cairns (Queensland), overlooking the Barrier Reef Pacific Ocean.

5 ½ years of solar flares


Although at first fleeting look the sun seems always the same, their activity is actually some activity cycles of about 11 years, discovered in 1843 Samuel Heinrich Schwabe, after 17 years of observations of sunspots.

It is often said that last eleven years have actually seen cycles of nine and fourteen others.