NASA and Amateur Radio Operators Piece Together the PhoneSat Picture

Although the ultimate goal of the PhoneSat mission was to determine whether a consumer-grade smartphone can be used as the main flight avionics for a satellite in space, the three miniature satellites (named Alexander, Graham and Bell) also took pictures of Earth and transmitted these “image-data packets” to multiple ground stations on Earth. Continue reading

Space Station Rocket Launch 'A Success'

A company contracted by US space agency Nasa to deliver supplies to the International Space Station has launched its first test rocket. High winds forced Orbital Sciences Corporation to scrap the launch of the unmanned Antares rocket from Virginia on Saturday, but a new attempt was made on Sunday Continue reading

Orbital Science Corp. launches for NASA

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth’s orbit Continue reading

NASA partner test launches Antares rocket

Wallops Island, Virginia, Apr 22 : NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corporation Sunday launched its Antares rocket at 5 p.m. EDT from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Continue reading

NASA Picture Confirms Moon Structures Exist 2012 HD – Video




NASA Picture Confirms Moon Structures Exist 2012 HD Nasa accidentally confirms what we have known all along, that there are indeed structures on the moon. In this picture taken at the Nasa Ames Research Centre… By: ADGUKTV Continue reading

Astronomy Picture of the Day (for iPad)

By Tony Hoffman Astronomy Picture of the Day (aka APOD), made by Concentric Sky in cooperation with NASA, takes the gorgeous imagery of the the popular NASA Web site Astronomy Picture of the Day and brings it to your iPad or iPhone device (I reviewed it on the iPad). As you might guess, each day a new picture showing some astronomical highlight (along with a written description) is available for you to view, download, or e-mail, and you can access random past images (or the image from a particular date) as well. The APOD site was launched in 1995 and is managed by astronomers Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell. Continue reading

James A. Herrick on the New Spirituality – Video




James A. Herrick on the New Spirituality “The American spirit of self-reliance, the attitude of the rugged individual, the person who is going to triumph over adversity on his or her own . . . Continue reading

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – The Hamptons, New York / 2012 – Video




Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – The Hamptons, New York / 2012 Video by Dennis Pelliccia Christmas in the Hamptons On Montauk / www.onmontauk.com Happy Holidays fron the Hamptons www.youtube.com Dan's Papers Online www.danshamptons.com Artist Dennis Pelliccia sites.google.com Happy Holidays / From the Montauk Point Lighthouse, Long Island, New York / December 2010 www.youtube.com Do You See What I See ? Youtube Video List ( short videos ) My Discoveries of Hidden Images in Vincent Van Gogh Paintings sites.google.com On going Youtube Cosmos video List (short play of each ) Do You See What I See ? The Cosmos ( revealed hidden figures ) sites.google.com Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive apod.nasa.gov Our Universe-Hubble Telescope Images youtu.be Hubble Supernova HD youtu.be HubbleSite – Picture Album: Nebulae hubblesite.org Thirty eight years of hidden image discoveries, by Artist Dennis Pelliccia. Continue reading

Denmark – Water and Soil. – Video




Denmark – Water and Soil. Wonderful Picture video abount Danish nature, beaches and fields. Video included into Denmark Video Collection at: www.denmarkfacts.com Video produced by Jette Nielsen youtube.comFrom:denmarkvideoViews:2254 12ratingsTime:03:15More inTravel Events Continue reading

Creator of the Stars of Night – Video




Creator of the Stars of Night This is my third and final recording for Advent 2012. The setting is for for 4 Horns and is intended to be performed in a large, reverberant space. The video combines the candles and wreaths of advent and the horn the music was performed on with a group of pictures of space from the NASA astronomy picture of the day website Continue reading

NASA photo error puts Everest in India

The world’s highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency NASA has admitted it mistook a summit in India for Mount Everest, which straddles the border of Nepal and China. The agency said on its website that Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko’s snap from the International Space Station, 230 miles (370 kilometres) above Earth, showed Everest lightly dusted with snow. The picture spread rapidly via Twitter and was picked up by media around the world, including the US-based magazine The Atlantic, astronomy website Space.com and US cable news channel MSNBC. Continue reading

Moon In A Blue Sky – Video




Moon In A Blue Sky ll4.me Moon In A Blue Sky Royalty free: Moon in a Blue Sky Author: Simon Belcher Date: 2007-04-25 Maximum available size: 18.1 Mpix.(3588 x 5037 pix.) Lowest (724×469 pix.) resolution version: 85.- Euro (royalty free use on all media!) In cooperation with imagebroker.net Relevant keywords for this picture: Clear, Day, Daylight, Illuminated, Lunar, Moonlight, Sky, astronomy, clear, constellation, moon, sky, space. Royalty free: Moon in a Blue Sky Author: Simon Belcher Date: 2007-04-25 Maximum available size: 18.1 Mpix.(3588 x 5037 pix.) Lowest (724×469 pix.) resolution version: 8 blue, moon, full, simon belcherFrom:WalkerRebekah36325Views:0 0ratingsTime:00:13More inPeople Blogs Continue reading