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Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to install a huge solar farm in space

Aditi Justa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:55:18 +0000

Harvesting solar power from space through orbiting solar farms sounds extremely interesting. Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a manufacturer of solar panels, has decided to join an AUD $25 billion Japanese project to construct a massive solar farm in...

Lunar eclipse from the moon: A view to kill!

Gagandeep — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:03:42 +0000

An eclipse is one of those rare events that make you want to stare at the sky without blinking (the others being alien invasions and women in hot balloons). Comparing the frequency with which the lunar eclipse occurs against the solar, you might...

Space wear Fashion show

Nishtha — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:42:58 +0000

Rocketplane Kistler, a U.S. based company that plans to start tourists visits to space in two years, launched a first ever spacewear fashion show in Tokyo. The show featured models clad in clothes designed for travel in weightless...

Hayabusa offers fresh views of near-earth asteroid

Irani — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:31:05 +0000

Several asteroids frequently fly by our planet. And the Japanese spacecraft, Hayabusa has captured an unprecedented image of one of such asteroids. The asteroid is 1,640 feet (500 meters) long and is a small, rocky, ‘S-shaped’. It is...

Akari returns the first pics of reflection nebula IC4954

Esther — Tue, 23 May 2006 08:38:43 +0000

A recent report shows that AKARI infrared space telescope of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in the Kagoshima district of Japan, at 21.28 GMT on February 21st 2006, to map the rarest things of the ...

6 Latest Phenomenon of the Outer World

Irani — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:45:34 +0000

Space is always eventful and to satisfy their impertinent minds, the scientists are always busy exploring the outer world with new probes and discoveries. Here are some latest findings surprising and keeping the astronomers busy. #1: Japan...

4 Latest Phenomenon of the Universe

Irani — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:56:36 +0000

Space is always eventful and to satisfy their impertinent minds, the scientists are always up with their gloves exploring the outer world with new probes and discoveries. Here are some latest findings surprising and keeping the astronomers...

Reminiscence of the Hayabusa-Itokawa Story

Irani — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:48:18 +0000

After struggling through a series of failures, since its lift-of, Hayabusa’s two reaction wheels were lost, one on July 31st and another on October 3rd. But, its attitude has been maintained by a single wheel together with the chemical...

First-ever Asteroid Sampling Mission 'Probably' Failed

Irani — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:28:14 +0000

With all efforts and perseverance, the Japanese still failed to collect the first-ever samples from an asteroid, even after collecting it. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) seems to be losing all hopes of the mission being successful....

Japanese Probe Hit by Technical Fault After Asteroid Mission

Irani — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:44:25 +0000

After a series of alternate successes and failures, the Hayabusa probe was claimed to have collected samples from the Itokawa asteroid. It was the first probe ever to collect samples from an asteroid. I did not go wrong with the tense when I...