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India’s first moon mission scheduled on Wednesday
Written on 22 Oct, 2008 at 9:21 in Science | viewed 273 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
India’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1, is scheduled to blast off aboard an Indian-built rocket at 6:20 a.m. (0050 GMT) on Wednesday. This is the world’s 68th mission. The world’s first moon mission was by the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on Jan 2, 1959. Russia, United States , China, Japan and European Space Agency are the only countries already sent spacecrafts to moon.
Send Your Name Around The Earth
Written on 27 Sep, 2008 at 16:14 in Science | viewed 2,592 views times and users have made 6 comments so far
Members of the public can send their names around Earth on NASA’s Glory satellite. NASA setup a website “Send Your Name Around the Earth” which enables everyone to take part in the science mission and place their names in orbit for years to come. Participant’s name will be ecorded on a microchip that will become part of the spacecraft, they will also receive a printable certificate from NASA. Glory is scheduled for launch in June 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.