The biggest Mars mission launched
On Nov. 26, 2011 at 10:02 AM EST the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) launched successfully from Cape Canaveral using Atlas …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Moomin-troll and the Wizard Hat. Chapter 1
This post continues my translation of the Moomin novels written by Tove Marika Jansson. To learn more about this project, …
Signal received from the lost Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe
As ESA reports – contact was finally made with Russian’s lost mission. ESAs tracking station in Perth, Australia, tracked a …
O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Estimating fp
In my previous post about Drake equation, I tried to calculate R* – = the average rate of star formation …
Moomin-troll and the Wizard Hat – Introduction
Introduction from Olga Vovk: This is my attempt to translate one of the Moomin novels written by Tove Marika Jansson …
Sky in December 2011
With this post I am starting monthly posts about upcoming celestial events. So what we expect to see in December? …
Be/X-ray binaries and 2 types of supernovae
Two types of Type II supernovae – the iron-core-collapse and the electron-capture supernovae – are thought to produce the majority …
News
A Russian spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts has launched successfully from Baikonur at 08.14 (04:14 GMT) on November 14, 2011. This …
O Brother, Where Art Thou? – 1
On November 1, 2011, the formula for estimating the abundance of extraterrestrial life in our galaxy – Drake equation – …
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