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 One of the 27 antennas of the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope complex illuminated by moonlight, on December 13, 2013, peak night for the Geminid meteor shower. A single Geminid is right of the antenna at centre frame. Credit and copyright: Alan Dyer/Amazing Sky Photography. It’s always one of the most reliable of the annual meteor showers, however, this year the Geminids had to compete with a bright waxing gibbous Moon, which reached Full Moon status today, just 3 days after the shower's peak over the weekend. But as always, our astrophotographer friends were out in force to try and capture a meteor or two with their cameras. Take a look at our great gallery of shots from around the world, and thanks to everyone who submitted their images to Universe Today’s Flickr page! (...)
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 The International Space Station as seen by the departing STS-134 crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour in May 2011. Credit: NASA While Expedition 38 astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins get their spacesuits and the Quest airlock ready in case they need to do a spacewalk to fix a cooling problem on board the station, NASA engineers have come up with an alternate proposal that could allow an interim fix from the ground. A faulty flow control valve inside an external pump caused one of the station’s two main cooling loops to shut down automatically on Wednesday when the loop became too cold. This forced NASA to power down noncritical systems and some experiments as they moved the most needed systems on to a single loop. After playing with the balky valve for several days, controllers determined it can’t be worked normally. Yet there is another valve nearby that possibly can. (...)
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When you consider the hazards of spaceflight, it's hard to get worked up about dust bunnies. And yet, atmospheric dust is going to be one of the biggest problems astronauts will face when they reach the surface of other worlds. Where does this dust come from, and what does it tell us about the history of other worlds, and what can we do to mitigate the health risks?
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If you’re an iPhone/iPad user, you might be interested to know that we’re giving away our Phases of the Moon app away for free today. That’s a $1.99 app, totally free. Click here, and install it. Based on the amazing simulated lunar phases by NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center, this app allows you to spin through the phases of the Moon on your phone or tablet. You can pinch zoom to see a full lunar atlas, or pan the Moon. See what the phase of the Moon was on your birthday or some special event. If you do install it, could you take a second and write a review? It would really help us out. P.S. The Android edition has always been free, and honestly it’s better because of the sweet Live Wallpaper and Widget.
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 The December 2010 Solstice Full Moon. (Photo by Author) The final Full Moon of 2013 occurs tonight, and along with it comes something special: the most distant and visually smallest Full Moon of 2013. Why doesn't the annual "mini-moon" receive the same fanfare and hype that the yearly perigee – or do you say Proxigean to be uber-obscure – "supermoon" does? The smallest Full Moon of the year does appear to have a public relations problem in this regard. But as you'll see, the circumstances for this week's Full Moon are no less fascinating.(...)
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Post tags: Chang'E-3, find chang'E-3, launr apogee, long nights moon, lunar orbit, mini-moon, moon apogee, sinus iridum, smallest Full moon, solstice moon, Supermoon, Winter Moon, yule moon, yutu lunar lander
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 Shot from Iran state media of Fargam, a monkey who reportedly travelled to space in December 2013. Credit: newsdailyable (YouTube screenshot) Iran’s space program reportedly launched its second monkey into space on a 15-minute flight on Saturday (Dec. 14). Reports from the Islamic Republic News Agency said the ballistic flight reached as high as 75 miles (120 kilometers). That’s just beyond the Karman line of 62 miles (100 kilometers) that many authorities cite as the boundary of space. (...)
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Post tags: al shepard, france, Ham, Iran, monkey, Soviet Union
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 Yutu rover emblazoned with Chinese Flag as seen by the Chang’e-3 lander on the moon on Dec. 15, 2013. Notice the rover tire tracks left behind in the loose lunar topsoil. Credit: China Space
Story updated China's ambitious lunar space exploration program achieved another stunning success Sunday night, Dec 15, when the countries inaugural Chang'e-3 lunar lander and rover beamed back portraits of one another snapped from the Moon's surface – that also proudly displayed the brilliant red Chinese national flag shining atop an extraterrestrial body for the very first time in human history. "I announce the complete success of the Chang'e-3 mission," said Ma Xingrui, chief commander of China’s lunar program, during a live CCTV broadcast as the portraits were shown to a worldwide audience from huge screens mounted at the mission control at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping was on hand to personally witness the momentous events in real time. (...)
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