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NASA Releases Image of Earth, Moon as Seen from Mars Orbit
NASA has released an image of Earth and Moon as seen from an artificial device rotating around Mars. The picture was made available on the agency’s website.
Australia and the surrounding oceans are particularly visible in the image. The Moon as compared with the originally obtained images has been artificially made brighter.
The scale of distances between the celestial bodies and their relative...
North Korean satellite ‘tumbling in orbit’
North Korea’s controversial satellite is “tumbling in orbit,” CBS News reports, citing US officials. Meanwhile, South Korea confirmed that the satellite has been successfully launched into orbit, but could not verify if it is functioning.
Experts are yet to validate any signals from the newly launched satellite, but CBS News correspondent David Martin quoted US officials as saying that the satellite...
US Slams North Korea’s Plans for 'Satellite Launch'
The United States has warned that North Korea is preparing to launch a long-range missile, dismissing official statements from Pyongyang to the United Nations that the launch will actually involve a satellite.
Satellite imagery has indicated that North Korea is preparing to conduct rocket launches later this month from a test site known as Tongchang-ri. The movement of rocket components at the site...
Russia finds fragments not belonging to A321, US satellite records thermal flashes
Rescuers and the investigation team working at the crash site of the Russian aircraft in the Sinai Peninsula, found fragments that did not relate to the design of the Airbus A321 aircraft, TASS reports with reference to a source from to investigation.
“Experts have found elements that do not relate to the aircraft structure,” the source said.
The elements have been collected and sent for...
Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight search: 122 'potential objects' spotted by satellite
New satellite images show more than 100 objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be pieces of wreckage from a Malaysian airliner that disappeared from radar on March 8 with 239 people on board, Malaysia’s acting transport minister said.
Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference on Wednesday that the images were discovered by France-based Airbus Defence and Space on March 23.
The...
'StratoBus' drone-satellite hybrid to provide new level of surveillance
A new project of an autonomous airship – a hybrid between a drone and a satellite – has been developed in France. The ‘StratoBus’ dirigible drone will be able to carry out long endurance observation operating at an altitude of about 20 kilometers.
The new breed of autonomous zeppelin has a mission of “observation, security, telecommunications, broadcasting, and navigation,” developers...
Jesse Ventura goes off the grid 'so that the drones can't find me'
Surveillance drones haven’t started hovering outside and above the homes of Americans en masse just yet, but former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura claims he’s left the United States just in case.
Ventura, a 62-year-old professional wrestler-turned-politician, says his new Ora TV program ‘Off the Grid’ is being filmed in secret somewhere in Mexico where the all-seeing eye...
DARPA designs giant foldable satellite capable of surveiling 40% of Earth
The US Department of Defense has designed a next-generation satellite capable of observing 40 percent of the Earth’s surface at any one time. The MOIRE satellite will be able to beam high-resolution images in real time from anywhere on our planet.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) – the institution that comes up with new technologies for the US military – has developed the...
Asteroid Cruithne, quasi-satellite of Earth
Asteroid Cruithne with serial number 3753 has attracted a lot of attention of scientists recently. The asteroid moves around the sun in orbit similar to that of the Earth, and is located at a more or less same distance from the Earth throughout the year, which makes it a so-called quasi-satellite of our planet. What does it mean for us?
Cruithne’s diameter is five kilometers, and its weight...
North Korea develops missiles capable of reaching US
The picture shows North Korean rocket Unha-3, carrying the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3, lifting off from the launch pad in Cholsan on December 12, 2012.
Pyongyang is developing missiles capable of reaching the US, South Korean officials have claimed. The allegations came as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un called for the development of more powerful rockets after the successful launch of a satellite.
The...
North Korean rocket launch condemned
North Korea launched a long-range rocket Wednesday morning despite international opposition and growing tensions in the region. UN has condemned the successful launch in a statement.
Pyongyang claimed the Unha-3 rocket successfully delivered a scientific satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 into orbit.
The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea’s rocket launch in a short statement following an emergency...
India launches domestic Radar Imaging Satellite into Orbit
Risat-1 with one of its solar panel wings is seen at the Satish Dhawan Space Center.
India says it has successfully positioned its first domestically-built radar imaging satellite into orbit from a spaceport in the east coast of the country.
The Risat-1 satellite, aboard a 321-ton launch rocket, took off at 5:47 am (0027 GMT) Thursday from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra...
North Korean Satellite Carrier Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch
In this file picture taken on April 8, 2012, the North Korean Unha-3 rocket is pictured at Tangachai-ri space center
A North-Korean carrier rocket took off at 7:39 am local time on Wednesday. However, the launch has been confirmed to have failed.
The North American Aerospace Defend Command (NORAD) says the first stage of the rocket fell into the sea, while the other two stages failed.
And a North Korean...
Cameron warns North Korea as it threatens to launch "Ballistic Missile"
North Korea has issued a threat to launch a rocket into space today, a move viewed by Americans as a potential ballistic missile test.
During his East Asia trip, David Cameron sternly warned North Korea against proceeding with the rocket launch, emphasizing that it would violate UN resolutions. The North Korean government insists that the rocket is intended solely for placing a satellite in orbit...
Japan Wants Missile Shield Against North Korea
North Korea has announced it will launch a rocket next month, which will put a satellite into orbit. But the U.S. and its allies see the plans as counter to international diplomatic efforts to deal with the reclusive state’s nuclear programme – and are worried the technology could be used to develop long range missiles in the future. It could also potentially violate UN Security Council...