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Full-scale model of the International Space Station
Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
This image captures several important targets of the Cassini mission:
icy moons, rings, and the gaps in the rings that may contain small
undiscovered moons.
Mimas (398 kilometers, or 247 miles across) is easily seen near lower
right. Epimetheus (116 kilometers, or 72 miles across) is visible left
of center.
The 4,800-kilometer- (2,980-mile-) wide Cassini division is the dark
swath at upper left. The Encke Gap (325 kilometers, or 202 miles wide)
is visible as a dark curve near the edge of the A ring. The thin F ring
is seen here, exterior to the main rings.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow
angle camera on Sept. 10, 2004, at a distance of 8.9 million kilometers
(5.5 million miles) from Mimas and at a Sun-Mimas-spacecraft or phase,
angle of 84 degrees. The image scale is 53 kilometers (33 miles) per
pixel. The image was magnified by a factor of four to aid visibility.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space Science,
Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras, were
designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at
the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
For more information, about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit,
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ and the Cassini imaging team home page,
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Dedicated to my dad, who loved the Tom Swift novels.
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The Cassini spacecraft delivers this stunning vista showing small,
battered Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F
rings stretching across the scene.
The prominent dark region visible in the A ring is the Encke Gap, in
which the moon Pan and several narrow ringlets reside. Moon-driven
features that mark the A ring are easily seen to the left and right of
the Encke Gap. The Encke Gap is 325 kilometers (200 miles) wide. Pan is
26 kilometers (16 miles) across.
In an optical illusion, the narrow F ring, outside the A ring, appears to
fade across the disk of Titan. A couple of bright clumps can be seen in
the F ring.
Epimetheus is 116 kilometers (72 miles) across and giant Titan is 5,150
kilometers (3,200 miles) across.
The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft
narrow-angle camera on April 28, 2006, at a distance of approximately
667,000 kilometers (415,000 miles) from Epimetheus and 1.8 million
kilometers (1.1 million miles) from Titan. The image captures the
illuminated side of the rings. The image scale is 4 kilometers (2 miles)
per pixel on Epimetheus and 11 kilometers (7 miles) per pixel on Titan.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. The Cassini imaging team
homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
“UK Russia Year of Space 2011” Reception in honour of Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman, 07 September 2011, Moscow, HMA Residence.
This view is part of a montage of images from the NASA Cassini and Voyager
missions shown in PIA07714. The inset image from the montage is presented
here by itself and in its original
orientation.
Cassini has observed the D-ring at much higher resolution than was
possible for Voyager, revealing surprising fine-scale structures. This
narrow-angle camera image was taken on May 21, 2005, and shows the region
between the D ring feature named D73 and the inner edge of the C-ring at
2 kilometer (1 mile) per pixel resolution. This region contains a periodic
wave-like structure with a wavelength of 30 kilometers (19 miles). The
faint horizontal bands in the image are instrumental artifacts.
The fine structure in the D-ring (visible here) could be related to
perturbations from the planet or its magnetic field. The Cassini results
provide information about the dynamics of ring particles in a new regime
-- one very close to the planet and sparsely populated by icy particles
the size of dust.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit saturn.jpl.nasa.gov.
For additional images visit the Cassini imaging team homepage ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Since the clients bought this property 5 years ago they have undertaken sporadic and incomplete landscaping works. This included the installation of a home office and the construction of a large brick built koi carp pond. Both features are to remain in the final design. The clients are currently having their kitchen extended and would like the garden to compliment the finished works. They would like to undertake some gardening and would like somewhere to grow vegetables, but do not want a high maintenance garden as their spare time is limited. The design should include provision for outdoor dining and something to mask the bulky and unsightly pond filtration system.
Staged over two terraces the patio next to the house will be paved with mint fossil Indian sandstone in a random pattern. An evergreen jasmine will be trained along the fence with herbs planted underneath. 3 fibreglass tapered planters planted with standard bay will create interest while viewing the garden from the lounge window. The existing raised bed and retaining walls will be rendered and painted Aubergine to add some warm colour to the space. A sandstone pathway will stretch down the upper level of the garden bisecting the lawn. The lawn itself will be edged with sandstone setts. Borders running down either side of the lawn will be planted with....
A raised rendered bed constructed halfway down the upper level will be painted Aubergine and adorned with a Moroccan tile border to create an eye-catching feature that echoes the Moroccan influence of the clients table (which will be placed on the main patio.) The raised bed will be backed by a wrought iron Moroccan screen over which climbing plants will be trained to partially conceal the area beyond. A series of three wrought iron half arches will help demarcate the entrance to the second half of the garden which is dominated by the existing pond. The design seeks to make more of a feature of the pond with the addition of a large decked daybed at the far end. The daybed will provide a place for the user to make the most of the sunshine and watch the fish while concealing the pond filtration unit. The design of the structure will allow easy access to the filtration unit for maintenance. A Moroccan-inspired water feature will feed into the existing pond to introduce the sound of running water to the area and improve the aesthetic of the pond.
A planting bed to the left of this area will be left clear for the client to plant vegetables, and a pear espalier encouraged to grow against the wall of the home office. Step over fruit trees with sett edging around the base create a natural border for the vegetables to grow between.
If you dig this and would like to find out more about this or any of other of our designs, please stop by our web-site and have a look at our work.
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Earth Designs is located in East London, but has built gardens in Essex, Hertfordshire and all over the South East. Earth Designs was formed by Katrina Wells in Spring 2003 and has since gone from strength to strength to develop a considerable portfolio of garden projects. Katrina, who is our Senior Garden Designer, has travelled all over the UK designing gardens. However we can design worldwide either through our postal garden design service or b
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Captured by the Light L16. Photography by Amaal Said www.amaalsaid.com/
Full blog post here: captured.light.co/spaces-of-belonging
The recent death of Walter Cronkite and the 40th anniversary of the moon landing had me digging through my pile of space race-related keepsakes.
Two of Saturn's ring moons are captured in this Cassini spacecraft view,
along with the signature of another. This image was taken not long after
Prometheus passed, leaving a trail of dark gores in the inner edge of the
F ring.
Pan (26 kilometers, or 16 miles across) orbits Saturn about 4,090
kilometers (2,540 miles) closer than Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles
across), meaning that Pan orbits faster, always overtaking its slower
moving sibling.
This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 25
degrees above the ringplane. The image was taken in visible light with the
Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Jan. 23, 2008. The view was
obtained at a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometers (1.1
million miles) from both moons. Image scale is 11 kilometers (7 miles) per
pixel.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages
the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The
Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and
assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space
Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit
The Cassini imaging team homepage is at ciclops.org.
credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Soon after World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became locked in a global conflict pitting democracy against communism. Space became a critical theater in this Cold War, as each side competed to best the other's achievements in what became known as the Space Race.
This gallery tells about that U.S.-Soviet space rivalry and its aftermath, from the military origins of the Space Race, through the race to the Moon and the development of reconnaissance satellites, to cooperative ventures between the two former rivals and efforts to maintain a human presence in space. Some of the many highlights include a German V-1 "buzz bomb" and V 2 missile, Soviet and U.S. spacecraft and space suits, a Skylab Orbital Workshop, and a full-size test version of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
(Steppenwolf)
And yes, this crazy guy is a friend of mine :)