Today I visited the 64m radio telescope at Parkes! You might know it from the movie \ »the dish\ » and the important role that it played in the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was so interesting to learn about all that CSIRO does with it and all the amazing things that it has helped to discover.
<em>Category</em> Actu Spatiale
La Lune serait plus vieille qu’on ne le pensait Les scientifiques ne connaissent pas exactement l’âge de la Lune, mais ils savent que notre satellite naturel s’est formé très peu de temps après la Terre, qui est âgée de 4,56 milliards d’années. La dernière estimation suggère que la Lune aurait au moins 4,51 milliards d’années.
What if I told you that prior to human development on Earth, there was life on Mars? ���� Astronomers speculate that life may have once existed on the Red Planet and may even still exist. Mars shows evidence of previously having enormous oceans and now there’s evidence of liquid water frequently flowing on its surface.
L’astronaute français Thomas Pesquet a partagé cette photographie de sa sortie extravéhiculaire sur son compte Twitter. Sous ses pieds, 400km de vide… Crédits image : http://bit.ly/2jAK5Hy
‘As I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come (but we believe not too long into the future), I’d like to just say what I believe history will record: That America’s challenge of today has forged man’s destiny of tomorrow.’ We are saddened by the loss of retired
R.I.P. Gene Cernan (1937-2017) – the last man to step off the moon in 1972.
Eugene Cernan, dernier astronaute à avoir marché sur la Lune, est mort à 82 ans En décembre 1972, il était le commandant du vaisseau spatial Apollo 17. Après lui, plus personne n’a foulé le satellite naturel de la Terre.
This is what happens whenESA astronaut @thom astro asks Canadarm2 tostrike a pose as the sun sets. Its Magical!! Credits: ESA, NASA
There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long- desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped toward new ends.\r—Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars (1956). \ »Don’t choke on your own ambition.\ »–Darth Vader, Rogue One (2016).