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| Year in Space 2005 |
Oct 13, 2004 - I'd like to take a moment and re-introduce you all to one of the regular sponsors of the Universe Today newsletter, the Year in Space 2005 calendar. Once again, this is a spiral-bound 144 page day planner for 2005 with full colour space photographs and a variety of calendars to help you plan your life. The calendar is available online for $10.95 USD - with a deeper discount for multiple copies.
As part of the promotion, I'll be highlighting "This Day in Space History" once a week until the end of the year.
Click here to order a copy online
Fraser Cain
Publisher
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| Total Lunar Eclipse: October 27/28 |
| Oct 13, 2004 - September’s full moon, better known as the Harvest Moon was everything we've come to expect in the fall; a large, warmly glowing golden ball peeking above the trees just after sunset. But the splendors of several consecutive nights of beautiful moonlight can’t compare to the show the moon will put on in late October. October offers us a chance to see a truly amazing spectacle, a total lunar eclipse on October 27/28th. (Full Story) |
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| Station's New Sunroom Arrives in Florida |
| Oct 13, 2004 - The European-built Cupola module has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now being prepared for an upcoming shuttle launch. When it's finally installed on the International Space Station, it will give astronauts a panoramic view of the station and the Earth below. They won't just be gazing dreamily at our planet, though, the Cupola will let crewmembers monitor spacewalks, docking operations and exterior equipment surveys. If all goes well, the Cupola will launch on STS-133, which is now due to lift off in 2009. (Full Story) |
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| Spitzer Finds New Globular Cluster Nearby |
| Oct 13, 2004 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has turned up a relatively close globular star cluster that was obscured by dust and invisible to most instruments. Andrew Monson from the University of Wyoming first discovered the cluster while scanning for objects in the dusty mid-plane of the Milky Way. Follow up observations determined that the cluster is only 9,000 light-years away from the Earth in the constellation of Aquila, making it one of the closest clusters to our planet. (Full Story) |
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