Aimless In Space
--J.B.S. Haldane--
Rachael - Detroit - WSU
Mad Scientist-in-Training
Clastrophysicist (Classics/Astronomy/Physics)
This is my super spectacular (mostly) space blog!! I also enjoy math, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, jellyfish, Detroit, Futurama, and cats.
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The Venera 11 (Russian: Венера-11) was a USSR unmanned space mission part of the Venera program to explore the planet Venus. Venera 11 was launched on 9 September 1978 at 3:25:39 UTC.
Separating from its flight platform on December 23, 1978 the lander entered the Venus atmosphere two days later on December 25 at 11.2 km/s. During the descent, it employed aerodynamic braking followed by parachute braking and ending with atmospheric braking. It made a soft landing on the surface at 06:24 Moscow time (0324 UT) on 25 December after a descent time of approximately 1 hour. The touchdown speed was 7 to 8 m/s. Landing coordinates are 14°S 299°E. Information was transmitted to the flight platform for retransmittal to earth until it moved out of range 95 minutes after touchdown.
Jupiter, Venus and the Moon
50 years of space exploration
From National Geographic:
The first attempts to reach Mars (1960) and Venus (1961) failed, yet triumph followed quickly. Of the nearly 200 solar, lunar, and interplanatery missions depicted on this map, most have been Earth’s closest neighbours. As rocketry, navigation, and imaging have become ever more capable and reliable, the planets and many of their moons have been examined in detail.
The Solar System by Alpha-Element @devianart.
SDO’s Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit
On June 5-6 2012, SDO is collecting images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117.
Watch the video: http://youtu.be/4Z9rM8ChTjY
SDO’s Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit
On June 5 2012, SDO collected images of the rarest predictable solar event—the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117.
The videos and images displayed here are constructed from several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light and a portion of the visible spectrum. The red colored sun is the 304 angstrom ultraviolet, the golden colored sun is 171 angstrom, the magenta sun is 1700 angstrom, and the orange sun is filtered visible light. 304 and 171 show the atmosphere of the sun, which does not appear in the visible part of the spectrum.
The entire Venus Transit in one SDO image.
Credit: NASA SDO
One more - in 335 angstrom look at approx. 5 million degrees Fahrenheit.
This channel highlights the active region of the outer atmosphere of the Sun – the corona. Active regions, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections will appear bright here. The dark areas – or coronal holes – are places where very little radiation is emitted, yet are the main source of solar wind particles.
Credit: NASA SDO
The historic transit of Venus, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, seen in four different wavelengths
Here is the link to the WDIV Local 4 news story about our transit event and the opportunity to see me be a huge dork in less than 2 seconds and make my Detroit news debut! :)
