Universe Today - November 28, 2001
A note from Fraser... Watch the Shuttle Launch Live
If you're interested, NASA TV will be broadcasting the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour live tomorrow. You can watch the launch if your satellite dish receives NASA television; otherwise, you can watch it on the web. Coverage begins Thursday at 2:30pm EST. Otherwise, you'll be lucky if CNN switches over for 30 seconds while the shuttle launches.
Fraser Cain, Publisher - Universe Today
 NASA |
No Fly Zone Protects Endeavour Countdown
NASA has extended the no-fly zone around Kennedy Space Center to protect tomorrow's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. Military fighters will patrol the skies above the complex, with orders to shoot down any airplane that strays into the restricted airspace that reaches 55 km away from the launch pad. Endeavour's main mission is to deliver the crew of Expedition 4 to the International Space Station. The launch is scheduled for 0041 GMT Friday (7:41pm EST Thursday), and the shuttle will return 11 days later.
Original Source:
Shuttle Status Report
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 ESO |
Massive Black Hole Found in Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered the largest stellar black hole ever seen in our own Milky Way, 14 times more massive than our own Sun. This black hole, known as GRS 1915+105 and located 40,000 light years away, was studied using the European Southern Observatory`s Paranal telescope. The astronomers were able to identify that a low mass star is feeding the black hole with a steady flow of stellar material, and causes the hole to rotate with a wobble.
Original Source:
ESO News Release
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 NASA |
Galileo Provides More Images of Io
A series of new photographs taken by the Galileo spacecraft show how turbulent Jupiter's moon Io can be. One image shows how a cliff is named Telegonus is being eroded only by gravity. In the Tvashtar area, a cluster of volcanic hot spots have sprung up where it was previously clear. And Io's largest volcano, Loki, has changed its size and brightness significantly. |