Em Orbita Astronautic Magazine 100 - 142
Topics: Astronautic, satellites, rockets, Solar System exploration
Episode 495, "Project Apollo" of the California Academy of Sciences' television program 'Science in Action'. Col. John Powers, United States Air Force, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, makes an up-to-the-minute report on the astronaut program; the animal of the week is a margay. Source: 1 reel of 1; 2" Quad.
Topics: Moon--Exploration, Astronauts, Solar system--Exploration
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Hurtling out of the conflagration at 78 seconds are the Challenger's left wing, main engines (still burning residual propellant) and the forward fuselage (crew cabin). *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1756
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This is what Dr. Goddard wrote in his diary for March 16, 1926, which was the day he launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2231
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This is what Dr. Goddard wrote in his diary for March 16, 1926, which was the day he launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2232
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This is what Dr. Goddard wrote in his diary for March 16, 1926, which was the day he launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2233
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This map of Antarctica shows some of the places where meteorites have been found in abundance. Each year, the U.S. sponsors ANSMET (the Antarctic Search for Meteorites), a group of meteorite hunters. Money for the hunts comes from the National Science Foundation and NASA. The first ANSMET team joined Japanese explorers to hunt for meteorites in Antarctica in 1976. The Japanese had started collecting in Antarctica in 1973 and retrieved 983 meteorites in just three expeditions. More than 7500...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=847
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Ion Jet at Hypersonic Flight Display. The ion rocket provides very low thrust at great efficiency. First developed in the 1950s, it was later used by the Soviet Union, and American commercial spacecraft, and was evaluated by NASA and the National Reconnaissance Office for government missions. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1744
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On March 16, 1926 Dr. Goddard launched this rocket, which was the first liquid-fueled rocket. This drawing is from the book Retro Rockets and were provided by its author, Peter Alway. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2230
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True-color (LRGB) image of Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT), obtained on 29 January 2003 (18h44-18h57UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, photometric filters and CCD. Image is a composite of 3x60s B, 3x60s V and 3x60s R images added together. The light image (L) was made by adding all 9 images. Image scale is 2.49 arc sec/pixel. *Image Credit*: European Space Agency Copyright: 2003 by B. Dintinjana and J. Skvarc.
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2228
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created on October 1, 1958. It would perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics. President Eisenhower commissioned Dr. T. Keith Glennan, right, as the first administrator for NASA and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden as deputy administrator. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1831
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This image of the surface of main belt asteroid Eros was taken towards the end of NEAR's descent to the surface from an altitude of 250 meters. The frame is about 12 meters across and shows clusters of rocks and boulders exhibiting varying degrees of burial. This frame shows part of the transition from a rocky area at upper right to a smoother area, known as a "pond", at lower left. The spacecraft landing site was about 15 meters to the lower left of this frame. (NEAR Eros 0157417133)...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2033
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Alan Shepherd holds the distinction of being the first American to journey into space. On May 5, 1961, in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, he was launched by a Redstone vehicle on a ballistic trajectory suborbital flight--a flight which carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles and to a landing point 302 statute miles down the Atlantic Missile Range. Born Born November 18, 1923, in East Derry, NH, Shepherd retired from the U.S. Navy at the rank of Rear Admiral. He died on July 21, 1998. He was...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1833
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On March 16, 1926 Dr. Goddard launched this rocket, which was the first liquid-fueled rocket. This drawing is from the book Retro Rockets and were provided by its author, Peter Alway. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2229
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Artist rendition provides image of asteroid Kleopatra, a type of asteroid that a future mission could target for further study of the solar system.
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=4565
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Kitty Joyner, electrical engineer, at Langley in 1952. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets
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Em Orbita Astronautic Magazine 01 - 60
Topics: Astronautic, satellites, rockets, launch, space, Solar System exploration
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Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mars
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NASA's Stardust spacecraft captured this image of comet Wild 2's nucleus as it flew past on Jan. 2, 2004. It is one of the clearest images of a comet nucleus ever taken. The image on the right shows bright jets of dust and gas erupting from the nucleus, which is roughly 5.5 km (3.5 miles) in diameter. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Stardust
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=604
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Io North Pole Grid
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Io
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=4903
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An American team at a press confernce announcing plans for the building and launching of the first man-made satellite. The then Presidential press secretary James Hagerty is shown with five scientists during the meeting at which announcement of President Eisenhower's approval of the plan was made. Front, left to right, are: Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Hagerty, Dr. S. Douglas Cornell and Dr. Alan Shapley. Standing, left to right: Dr. J. Wallace Joyce and Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus. *Image Credit*: NASA...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, Where -- Douglas
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An artist's impression of Europe's twin BepiColumbo orbiters at Mercury. *Image Credit*: European Space Agency
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mercury
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=543
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Comet NEAT's spectacular close encounter with our Sun continues. This image shows a stream of charged particles - called a coronal mass ejection - hurtling towards the comet (the bright area on the right).
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Sun
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=143
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A variety of Earth-orbiting satellites are tracking Hurricane Isabel as it proceeds towards the America's East Coast. This image was taken by a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite on Sept. 15.
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Earth
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=116
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This color photo of Neptune's large satellite Triton was obtained on Aug. 24 1989 at a range of 530,000 kilometers(330,000 miles). The resolution is about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), sufficient to begin to show topographic detail. The image was made from pictures taken through the green, violet and ultraviolet filters. In this technique, regions that are highly reflective in the ultraviolet appear blue in color. In reality, there is no part of Triton that would appear blue to the eye. The bright...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, Where -- Triton
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2116
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes above Nilosyrtis Mensae in this illustration. NASA plans to launch this multipurpose spacecraft in August 2005 to advance our understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions. *Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mars
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2206
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This diagram shows the relative size of the orbits of the seven planets visible to the naked eye. All the orbits are nearly circular (but slightly elliptical) and nearly in the same plane as Earth's orbit (called the ecliptic). The diagram is from a view out of the ecliptic plane and away from the perpendicular axis that goes through the Sun. *Image Credit*: Lunar and Planetary Institue
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Sun
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=174
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Mars Pathfinder was launched on a Delta Launch Vehicle at 1:56 am on 4 December 1996 from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Center. *Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mars
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2200
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Artist's concept of Mars Odyssey mapping mission. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mars
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2189
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Image of Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) showing a pronounced nucleus and a section of the tenuous tail extending over about 2 million kilometers. It was obtained by the OSIRIS camera on board Rosetta in blue light from a distance of about 95 million kilometres on 30 April 2004. *Image Credit*: ESA/MPG/H. Uwe Keller
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Rosetta
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2383
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This is a mosaic of the main belt asteroid 253 Mathilde made up of four images returned by the NEAR spacecraft during its flyby. The images were taken on 27 June 1997 from a distance of 2400 km. The portion of the asteroid visible is about 59 x 47 km and the resolution is roughly 300 m. Three large craters can be discerned, one at lower center, one at the top left viewed edge-on, and one at lower right, also viewed edge-on. The crater at center is estimated to be 10 km deep. These large...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Crater
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2043
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Hurricane Charley makes landfall at 3:45 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, Aug. 13. Maximum sustained winds were near 140 mph with higher gusts. Hurricane force winds extended outward up to 25 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 85 miles. The storm cut a swatch across the state. *Image Credit*: NOAA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, Where -- Florida
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2844
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On December 27, 2004, a neutron star flared up so brightly, it temporarily blinded all the X-ray satellites in space for an instant, and lit up the Earth's upper atmosphere. This tremendous blast of energy was from a giant flare created by the neutron star's twisting magnetic field. Objects like this are called magnetars, and they produce magnetic fields trillions of time more powerful than those here on Earth. These fields are so strong they can actually buckle the surface of the neutron star...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Earth
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An artist's impression of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter above the Red Planet. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mars
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At right, technicians at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., guide into place the second solar panel to be installed on NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. At left is the first panel already installed. The two large solar panels, supplemented with a nickel-hydrogen battery, will provide MESSENGER's power. MESSENGER is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- MESSENGER
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=2664
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This animation was made with images captured by NASA's Stardust spacecraft as it flew past comet Wild 2. The spacecraft captured samples of comet dust and snapped some of the clearest images of a comet nucleus ever taken. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Stardust
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=763
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By the end of the 19th century, soldiers, sailors, practical and not so practical inventors had developed a stake in rocketry. Skillful theorists, like Konstantian Tsiolkovsky in Russia, were examining the fundamental scientific theories behind rocketry. They were beginning to consider the possibility of space travel. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, Where -- Russia
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A team of scientists have made the first full-rotational Earth-based observations of asteroid (511) Davida. The asteroid measures 320 km (200 miles) in diameter. These images are among the first high-resolution shots of large asteroids.
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Earth
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=142
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Even a relatively quiet day on the Sun is busy. This ultraviolet image shows bright, glowing arcs of gas flowing around the sunspots. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Sun
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An enormous magnetic loop of hot gases creates a glowing handle on the Sun. The June 9 'prominence' was caused by explosive instabilities in the Sun's magnetic field.
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Sun
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Reproduction of the first daguerrotype of the Sun. The original image was a little over 12 centimeters in diameter. According to the Paul Charbonneau of the National Science Foundation's High Altitude Observatory, this photo was made on April, 2 1845 by French physicists Louis Fizeau (1819-1896) and Lion Foucault (1819-1868). Image reproduced from G. De Vaucouleurs, Astronomical Photography, MacMillan, 1961 [plate 1]. *Image Credit*: National Science Foundation, High Altitude Observatory
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Sun
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A line drawing of the Galileo spacecraft. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Galileo
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1946
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Workers at Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Station get one final look at the Mars Pathfinder before it is sealed inside a protective payload fairing for flight. The Pathfinder and its PAM-D upper stage booster are perched atop the Delta II expendable launch vehicle that carried the spacecraft into orbit. *Image Credit*: NASA
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Mars
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1747
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Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Saturn
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Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the early Earth. An impact with a 500-km-diameter asteroid would effectively sterilize the planet. The Earth may have experienced such gigantic impacts in its youth, but fortunately today there are no projectiles this large to threaten our planet. *Image Credit*: Don Davis, NASA
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