Europe has launched the first services of its navigation system through satellite, Galileo, on the occasion of an official ceremony in Brussels, reports the AFP. 'It is a major achievement for Europe (...) No European country would be able to do this by itself', said the European commissioner for industry, Elzbieta Bienkowska. 'It is the result of a common effort for the … [Read more...]
John Glenn, the former astronaut and senator, dies at 95
The former American astronaut and senator John Glenn, the first American who made an orbital flight around the Earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95 years, announced the governor of Ohio, John Kasich, quoted by the international press agencies. Glenn was hospitalized, announced on Wednesday a spokesman for the Ohio State University, the institution which gave the astronaut's … [Read more...]
The space waste represents one of the biggest environmental challenges
The spatial waste which moves on orbits around our planet with speeds of up to 28,000 km/h represents one of the most serious environmental problems of the mankind, according to the warning of Doctor Hugh Lewis made at the rostrum of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, informs Sky News and the AFP. Dr. Lewis, who studies the spatial waste at the University of Southampton … [Read more...]
Saturn’s rings – a cemetery of the Moons and of the small planets
The emblematic rings of the gigantic gaseous planet Saturn, as well as those less known of the gigantic Neptune and Uranus are made of pieces of raw material derived from all the planets like Pluto that remained for too long in the vicinity of these planets, being destroyed by the strong gravitational attraction developed by them, according to a new study. Astronomers believe … [Read more...]