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NASA is to launch a new Mars probe after the rocket designed to send it into orbit was found not to be faulty; the $500m (£280m) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will lift off from Florida today, after a delay of one day over safety concerns. It will arrive in orbit around Mars in March 2007 to look at the history
Two years ago from today the highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.1C (100.6F) in Gravesend, Kent. Today the temperature in Gravesend Kent is quite different with a Max of 24°C (75°F) and a Min of 15°C (59°F) Article from the 10 of August
Look’s like the Windows Package Installer 6.2 beta is now live after I received the following email confirming it’s status. Dear Package Installer 6.2 beta tester, The Windows Package Installer 6.2 beta is now live! We are starting with about 5000 testers and expect the beta to run for about a month. If you have not already done so, visit
The Space Shuttle Discovery has touched down successfully at Edwards Air Force Base in California at around 1312 BST (0512 PST; 1212 GMT) after bad weather forced it to land here instead of the intended Florida landing site, this was the first space shuttle mission since 2 years ago in 2003 when Columbia broke up on re-entry. Image above: The
Space shuttle Discovery’s return to Earth has been put on hold for at least 24 hours due to bad weather at its landing site. The seven crew members aboard Discovery had been preparing for their re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Low-lying cloud which could obscure the landing strip forced flight controllers to scrub Monday’s two landing windows at Nasa’s Kennedy Space
One day before landing, STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson transmitted the first podcast from space. Podcast Transcript: Hello, this is Mission Specialist Number 2 Steve Robinson from the Space Shuttle Discovery. We’re high in orbit on our last day of orbit. Tomorrow we come home. I’m currently talking to you just off the southeast tip of Indonesia in the daylight
August 7 is International Friendship Day a time to recognise your friends and what they have done for you. Friendship is a great thing and without it this world as we know it today just would not be the same. So don’t let this chance pass to celebrate it as it only happens once a year which is the first
I believe my self that as long as you’ve known that person for a while at least a year or so and he/she has been honest with you and you with them that it can become a reality to meet that person in real life but preferable only if you’re older enough or go with somebody who you can trust
Space shuttle Discovery is set to return to Earth on Monday, with a 4:46 a.m. EDT (0846 GMT) landing at the Kennedy Space Centre. Space Shuttle Discovery flies alone. Its crew was awakened at 8:39 p.m. EDT for the last full day of spaceflight before landing, which is scheduled for 4:46 a.m. EDT Monday. This will be a quiet day
The msn space race contest as now closed its doors for accepting anymore entries, I my self didn’t participate this time, maybe I will next time if there is something similar again. Here’s a direct quote from the website: We are now judging the competition and will announce our winners on Thursday 18th August hopefully with proof, at last, that