As Comet Lovejoy was visible from Earth during the Christmas holiday it became known as “The Great Christmas Comet of 2011″, and because its appearance was announced on the 16th anniversary of the SOHO satellite’s launch it was also nicknamed “The Great Birthday Comet of 2011″.Comet Lovejoy is a periodic comet, classified as a Kreutz [...]
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Spectacular Photos from the ISS by cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin [50 pics]
Presenting the Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and his fantastic photographs from the International Space Station. Cosmonauts are the Russian equivalent to Astronauts and this Russian Hero has been in space not once or twice but three times. In 2002 he flew on the Shuttle STS-112, and he later, twice went on the ISS in 2007 [...]
Earth from the ISS, photos by Astronaut Ron Garan [35 pics]
In March 2011, Astronaut (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) Ronald J. Garan boarded a Soyuz spacecraft and started his incredible 6-month mission to the ISS. Even if we have seen many astronauts go up we still think each and everyone of them are heroes, their sacrifice enormous and the results spectacular. Ron Garan is currently assigned to [...]
Mind-blowing artistic rendering of Mars [29 Pics]
The outstanding digital rendering techniques of the Dutchman Kees Veenenbos have been featured in National Geographic and on NASA pages . The images he rendered are made with a landscape program called Terragen. He has worked with this program already since 1999 in different versions. Most are made with digital elevation models of NASA, from [...]
Beautiful Planet – Oh I so want to go to the ISS! [34 Pics]
I for one am very pleased that the astronauts on the ISS (heroes in my humble opinion) keep sharing images of our beautiful planet with the rest of us. The privilege of viewing earth from space is only granted to a very select few. However, thanks to these images, it is almost like we get [...]
Colorful Planet Mars -A barren but still exciting landscape [43 Pics]
The following photos of Planet Mars shatters the idea of an all “red” planet. Mars also has many many hidden, very colorful treasures. The landscape shown is like a post apocalyptic Earth. Or perhaps more what our own planet would look like if we removed almost all life. Nevertheless the Mars landscape is breathtaking and [...]