Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Get ready for the Venus Transit on 6th June 2012


The transit of Venus is going to happen on 6th of June. All amateur astronomers, get ready with your telescopes and pray for a clear sky as the monsoon rains will be starting on 1st June.
This site will give you more information regarding the transit:
http://www.transitofvenus.org/  (Hope I can mention this url here).

Sunday, April 22, 2012

With love from NASA…

 Discovery finds new home at Smithsonian Museum



SPACE SHUTTLE- This was a wonder word sometime back. But now the curtain had fallen on this word.

The first thing that comes to mind when I think about Discovery Space Shuttle is its flight in October 2008. There was lots of news coverage for that special mission because of John Glenn’s return to Space after 36 years. I had watched that launch on TV.

It is sad to know that the ‘space-shuttle days’ have come to an end. But at least we can see the legends in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Discovery will be remembered for a lot of reasons… My favorite among them- The Hubble Space Telescope which is still alive and helping us to look at the far reaches of the Universe, was launched from Discovery Space Shuttle.
Good bye,  Discovery…