ESA dixit:
“A method known as shape-from-shading was used to produce the 3D lunar surface featured in the movie. The method was used in a novel way, applying it simultaneously to five images taken in diverse lighting conditions by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA\’s SMART-1 spacecraft. This model was originally developed for research purposes before being converted into a movie for AEC, Austria.”
Credit: ESA / Space-X (Space Exploration Institute)
NASA dixit:
“Blue Origin successfully fires the thrust chamber assembly for its new 100,000 pound thrust BE-3 liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen rocket engine. As part of the company\’s Reusable Booster System (RBS), the engines are designed eventually to launch the biconic-shaped Space Vehicle the company is developing in collaboration with NASA\’s Commercial Crew Program.”
Credit: NASA
SpaceX\’s Dragon spacecraft reached the International Space Station on March 3, 2013.
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A Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifted off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, at 10:10 AM EST, on March 1, 2013. The Dragon spacecraft carried supplies to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX dixit:
“On Monday, February 25, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, SpaceX conducted a successful static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket, in advance of a targeted March mission to the International Space Station. The nine-engine test took place at the company\’s Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of a full launch dress rehearsal leading up to SpaceX CRS-2, the second official cargo resupply mission under NASA\’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. The first launch opportunity for CRS-2 is currently scheduled for 10:10 AM ET on Friday, March 1.”
Credit: SpaceX
NASA SDO dixit:
“On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched an unprecedented solar observatory into space. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) flew up on an Atlas V rocket, carrying instruments that scientists hoped would revolutionize observations of the sun. If all went according to plan, SDO would provide incredibly high-resolution data of the entire solar disk almost as quickly as once a second.
When the science team released its first images in April of 2010, SDO\’s data exceeded everyone\’s hopes and expectations, providing stunningly detailed views of the sun. In the three years since then, SDO\’s images have continued to show breathtaking pictures and movies of eruptive events on the sun. Such imagery is more than just pretty, they are the very data that scientists study. By highlighting different wavelengths of light, scientists can track how material on the sun moves. Such movement, in turn, holds clues as to what causes these giant explosions, which, when Earth-directed, can disrupt technology in space.
SDO is the first mission in a NASA\’s Living With a Star program, the goal of which is to develop the scientific understanding necessary to address those aspects of the sun-Earth system that directly affect our lives and society. NASA\’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. built, operates, and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA\’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C.
Music: Mistake (Davide Rossi Re-Work – Instrumental) courtesy of Moby Gratis.”
Credit: NASA SDO
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