Calculated first time in 1644 and published in the present shape for 194 years, the almanac has been a well known phenomenon in Norway. In December and January every year the pocket sized publication is accessible for sale in book stores, large and small shops and in petrol stations etc.
Herschel and Planck
In the Correct Orbit – What Next?
Planck for the Nordic Countries
Trough the system for Principal Investigator teams Nordic institutes will play an important role in using the Planck data for further research around the birth of the and the evolution to this day. Without disparagement for the other countries, Denmark has played a major role in the development, and will possibly make the most use of the incoming data.
Orbit in the Lagrangian Point
The Herschel and the Planck satellites are placed in Lagrangian point L2. But where is this point and why it is so attractive for these types of satellites?
AISsat-1
Monitoring the Shipping Traffic from Space
Tracking Ships From ISS
Norwegian Monitoring Equipment at Place in the Space Station
New Visions and New Goals for the USA
Everybody needs a goal in life, researches and technicians are no exception. Without a challenging long-term goal to work towards some of the enthusiasm in organisations like NASA could disintegrate. President George Busch set out to get some of that enthusiasm back in space research when he launched the “Vision for Space Exploration” in January 2004. So, what new goals lie ahead for the American researchers and technicians?
The Constellation Programme
The Constellation Programme is created in order to fulfil former President’s Bush’s mission. It is designed to put people on the moon again, hopefully to Mars too, much like Kennedy’s vision for the first missions to the moon.
The Second Moon Conquest Begins
No astronaut has been back since Apollo 17 in December 1972, but according to the new “Vision for Space Exploration” , that is about to change in a re-visit to the moon in 2020. This time, the general idea is to begin a more permanent colonisation of our closest neighbour in space. However, before the next humans set foot on the moon again, further investigations are necessary, and the first steps will be taken very shortly.
Understanding the Earth
The prevailing view of NASA is mainly concentrated around spectacular missions to the International Space Station, to the moon and beyond etc., but NASA is much more. NASA also manages the world’s most advanced and most comprehensive programmes for observations on. The organization operates fifteen satellite missions that produce close to 4 terabytes of data every day. Through these satellite sensors, NASA operates and controls the world’s largest scientific data and information system for collecting, processing, archiving, and distributing earth system data to users worldwide.