United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi captured this image of the city lights of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Tigris River on July 18, 2023, as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above the Middle Eastern nation. via NASA https://ift.tt/f61sC3B
“Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.” – Walt Whitman
“Form follows function.” – Louis Sullivan
In a photo from the early hours of July 29 (UTC), a Redstone rocket and Mercury capsule are on display at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5. Beyond the Redstone, the 8 minute long exposure has captured the arcing launch streak of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Falcon’s heavy communications satellite payload, at a record […]
Light Rain today! With a high of 18C and a low of 18C. 69 Humidity. 16 C currently. 31 Km/h Wind from Southwest.
On April 28, 2023, the Crew-7 members (from left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa) took a moment to snap a photo atop an emergency egress vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/fYhIr2M
“We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.” – Francis Bacon
“Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.” – Charles Horton Cooley
Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke? M82, as this starburst galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. This doesn’t fully explain the source of the red-glowing outwardly expanding gas and dust, however. Evidence indicates that this gas and dust is being driven out by […]
Rain today! With a high of 23C and a low of 23C. 83 Humidity. 15 C currently. 16 Km/h Wind from South.