YouSayToo: posts tagged space

Shooting Stars

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:37:13 GMT

This is awesome! Listen to the Nasa guy explaining how it's going to the toilet on space!

AntWorks

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:34:06 GMT

Antworks are ant farms of the future. It was a NASA project back in 2003 to see how ants successfully tunnel in microgravity. The gel is contains nutrients so ants can easily sustain their colony. The [more]

Photos of Earth's Atmosphere

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:56:41 GMT

These are photos of Earth's atmosphere taken from space. [more]

Free Virtual Telescope from Microsoft

Sun, 18 May 2008 03:47:35 GMT

How often do look up on the sky? No, not for the weather verification, to check if the rain should be expected, but just because. What was the last time you looked at the stars? Probably, long ago, in [more]

Volcano Eruption and Lightning Storms in Chile

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:10:29 GMT

The most recent volcano eruption accured in southern Chile. Chaiten Volcano put on a great show with a huge column of ash and as is the ash towered in the sky it ionised their which produced giant forks [more]

Head Space

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:19:18 GMT

Fun arcade game. Choose the controls and play

The Final Frontier - is Full of Junk

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:55:28 GMT

Humanity has a neck for littering. We pollute our oceans and atmosphere but that's clearly not enough for us. 51 years ago our first piece of junk in space was Sputnik one and since then we have polluted [more]

The size of our world

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:06:29 GMT

Have you even wondered how big planets and the stars are? Here's a very good model that shows how big or small they can be.
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Hubble Heritage

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:52:53 GMT

Here are a few pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope. Here's the source with many more photos. heritage.stsci.edu

Star Cruiser

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:22:06 GMT

Star Cruiser An old game that you can fly and collect weapon , fuel and energy. Was good before but i still like it

10 Amazing photos of the Earth

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:02:16 GMT

1. Sri lankan coast, 26th december 2004 You can see the retreating ocean just 5 minutes before the tsunami hit. The swirling waters batter the coast just moments after the main wall of water has hit. 2. [more]

China is Building a New Space Launch Center

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:55:58 GMT

According to official sources China will build a new space launch center in Wenchang, China's southernmost Hainan Province. The new launch center will launchnext-generation rocket carriers and [more]

Jupiters Role as Earth's Shield is at Question

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:44:04 GMT

Jupiter's long-standing reputation as a shield that protects Earth from comet and asteroid impacts has been cast into doubt, new research says. Many astronomers have theorized that the gas giant's [more]

Rare Dead Star Found near Earth

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:47:09 GMT

Neutron stars form when massive stars exhaust their fuel Astronomers have spotted a space oddity in Earth's neighbourhood - a dead star with some unusual characteristics. [more]

At trip to the space station will cost between $30 million and $40 million

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:32:30 GMT

The cost of flying to the international space station aboard a Russian Soyuz spaceship has increased from $25 million earlier this year to between $30 million and $40 million for trips planned in 2008 [more]

The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, arriving in 2011

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:13:49 GMT

NASA's Messenger probe made its second pass by Venus on Tuesday afternoon, the maneuver will help guide the spacecraft on its circuitous journey to Mercury and give scientists a close-up look at Earth's [more]

China will soon launch its first lunar orbiter

Wed, 23 May 2007 13:16:38 GMT

China's 1st lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, will most likely be launched in 2nd half of 2007. China's moon exploration program is divided into three phases -- "circling the moon", "landing [more]

Health, death and sex problems in space missions?

Wed, 02 May 2007 14:29:52 GMT

When should the plug be pulled on a critically ill astronaut who is using up precious oxygen and endangering the rest of the crew? Should NASA employ DNA testing to weed out astronauts who might get a [more]

Liquid Mirror Telescopes

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:02:50 GMT

Astronomers have long thought of constructing a telescope out of mercury. The reason is that such telescopes would be able to point straight up, and it is best direction to look, because line of sight [more] [images]

$25 million for a space trip

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:49:53 GMT

An American billionaire who paid $25 million for a 13-day trip to space returned to Earth on Saturday in a space capsule, making a soft landing on the Kazakh steppe. He smiled and grinned, shook a hand [more]