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1 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
"...The Columbia is lost; there are no survivors" With these words, George W Bush, ended the presidential response about that was happened few moments before. Just few days after the anniversary of Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, it's time to reme...
28 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
The 28th January 1986 is a very bad day in space history, especially for USA. Just in this day, the mission STS-51-L aborted after only 73 seconds, because of the explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle, that killed all the 7-members crew. A spil...
21 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
Hello everyone, i shotted this photo during my holiday in Fuerteventura. This astronomical phenomenon is called "conjuction" and it verifies when 2 celestial body apparently seems closed. It's not so rare looking at this phenomenon: Moon in particula...
20 Jan 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Luke86
Just today, Edwind "Buzz" Aldrin, turns 90 years old, allowing him to be 1 of the 4 astronauts that landed on the moon to be still alive. Everyone remember Neil Armstrong's immortal sentence "A small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind", but h...
18 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
If its existence will be confirmed, Proxima c it will be the closest exoplanet to the Earth. After the discover of Proxima b in 2016, Proxima Centauri the closest star to the Solar System (about 4,3 light-years) could have a second planet orbiting a...
