[ Watch the Video: From The Pampas to the Stars ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The official inauguration of a new European Space Agency ( ESA ) tracking station capable of monitoring missions traveling hundreds of millions of miles into our Solar System is set for Tuesday. The facility, which is located in approximately 745 miles west of Buenos Aires in the city of … Continue reading
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Picture of the Day: Jupiter and Venus Gleam Above the Pacific
NASA In this picture, taken last week near Buenos Aires, Venus and Jupiter gleam above the sea, joined by the star Aldebaran below and to the right. The dwarf planets Vesta and Ceres, normally invisible to the naked eye, were also captured. Continue reading
Falkland Islands to vote on UK or Argentina rule
By NBC News’ partner, ITV News Britains Falkland Islands are to hold a referendum on their “political status” – hoping to bring an end to the continuing dispute with Argentina over the islands’ sovereignty, their government said Tuesday. Britain and Argentina in 1982 went to war over the South Atlantic islands, and 30 years later tensions have escalated between the two nations. Cristina Fernandez, Argentina’s president, has asserted her country’s claims to the islands – known in Spanish as Las Malvinas and has asked for negotiations with Britain to end their colonial control from London. Continue reading
British minister: Argentina denting Falkland Islands economy, risks harming isolated community
LONDON – Britains Latin America minister on Thursday accused Argentina of using its power to dent the economy of the Falklands Islands, as he prepares to visit the tiny South Atlantic archipelago to mark the 30th anniversary of a brief and bloody war between the two countries over the territory. Continue reading
'Economic blockade' on Falklands
7 June 2012 Last updated at 15:16 ET Argentina is trying to impose an “economic blockade” on the Falkland Islands, Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne says. Mr Browne, who is visiting the islands next week, accused Buenos Aires of impeding the development of the tourism in the islands. Argentina has been turning away cruise ships carrying the British flag Continue reading
London eyes Argentine dispute over oil
LONDON, June 5 (UPI) — The British government said it was studying statements from the Argentine government that plans to drill for oil off the Falkland Islands are illegal. The Argentine government described exploration activity by British oil and natural gas explorers as “illegal and clandestine,” reports British newspaper The Daily Telegraph Continue reading
Buenos noches | Bad Astronomy
For no other reason than it is beautiful, here is a picture astronaut Andr Kuipers took of Buenos Aires as the International Space Station sailed into the night over the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading
World Cruise Travel Club goes to RIO de JANEIRO – Video
21-05-2012 18:26 Members of the World Cruise Travel Club were on the MSC Opera in April 2012 for the 19-night Transatlantic crossing from Buenos Aires to Southampton. On the way we called in at Rio de Janeiro – what a city – vibrant and alive. Continue reading