tag > Space
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OTRAG - Orbital Transport Raketen Aktiengesellschaft & The German Elon of the 70s
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Ulugh Beg (1394 – 1449), was a sultan of the Timurid Dynasty and also a mathematician and astronomer, grandson of Timur, the famous Turco-Mongol Emperor. Image: Ulugh Beg's Book of the Constellations
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Abu Ma'shar Ja'far al-Balkhi (Albumasar), Persian astronomer and astrologer, 787-886
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Die Herren vom Schwarzen Stein
"In December 1923, before his agony in Munich, Dietrich Eckart said a very personal prayer in front of a black meteorite of which he said, "It's my stone of Kaaba." He left it to one of the founders of astronautics, Herman Oberth." - Andre Brissaud (Source)
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Allan Hills 84001 & President Clinton Statement Regarding Mars Meteorite Discovery in Antarctica
In 1984, the meteorite ALH84001 was found in Antarctica. Analysis of the meteorite found that it originated on Mars, having been ejected from the planet after an impact event over 16 million years ago. In 1996, ALH84001 caused quite a stir when a group of scientists published evidence of biological fossils found within the meteorite. Their discovery made headlines and prompted then President Bill Clinton to address the nation.
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Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions on the International Space Station
Section of rock colonised by cryptoendolithic microorganisms and the Cryomyces fungi in quartz crystals under an electron microscope.
European scientists have gathered tiny fungi that take shelter in Antarctic rocks and sent them to the International Space Station. After 18 months on board in conditions similar to those on Mars, more than 60% of their cells remained intact, with stable DNA. The results provide new information for the search for life on the red planet. Lichens from the Sierra de Gredos (Spain) and the Alps (Austria) also travelled into space for the same experiment.
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The covert mining of 16 Psyche, the giant asteroid which has gold worth $700 quintillion, has made terrestrial economics far more bizarre and fun.
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Arecibo message is an interstellar radio message carrying basic information about humanity and Earth that was sent to the globular cluster Messier 13 in 1974. It was meant as a demonstration of human technological achievement, rather than a real attempt to enter into a conversation with extraterrestrials.
