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December 20, 2012

Soyuz TMA-07M Rollout and Launch

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On December 19, 2012, Soyuz TMA-07M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz spacecraft is carrying NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko to the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA/Roscosmos

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December 18, 2012

Computer Model of a Disk Galaxy

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NASA Goddard dixit:

“This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Colors indicate old stars (red), young stars (white and bright blue) and the distribution of gas density (pale blue); the view is 300,000 light-years across. The simulation ran on the Pleiades supercomputer at NASA\’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., and required about 1 million CPU hours. It assumes a universe dominated by dark energy and dark matter.”

Credit: F. Governato and T. Quinn (Univ. of Washington), A. Brooks (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), and J. Wadsley (McMaster Univ.)

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December 17, 2012

NASA\’s Earth-Orbiting Heliophysics Fleet

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NASA dixit:

“Since Sentinels of the Heliosphere in 2008, there have been a few new missions, and a few missions have been shut down. As of Fall of 2012, here\’s a tour of the NASA Near-Earth Heliophysics fleet, covering the space from near-Earth orbit out to the orbit of the Moon.”

Credit: NASA

ESA Launchers in Kourou

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ESA dixit:

“2012 has seen three launchers lift off from Europe\’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The heavy Ariane 5, the medium Soyuz and the small Vega now provide Europe with a full range of launch services and capabilities. Watch this new video of the trio\’s assembly, final preparations, rollout and liftoff.”

Credit: ESA/Arianespace

Proton-M/Breeze-M Rollout and Launch with Yamal-402

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On December 8, 2012, a Proton-M/Breeze-M launch vehicle lifted off with the telecommunications satellite Yamal-402 from Baikonur. Breeze-M engine\’s final burn ended about four minutes early so the upper stage did not insert the satellite into the proper orbit. Yamal-402 was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.

Credit: Roscosmos