Need space questions!

[Tormod]

I am preparing a Christmas Calendar for the Norwegian Space Centre website and it's actually going on from December 1-31. :confused:

 

I need cool things that I can write questions about. Mission info, cool tidbits, names, dates...

 

Suggestions?

[Killean]

You just have to include something from Cassini and Huygens. I imagine it could include questions like; what is Cassini studying? What instruments are on board? What was the decent time of Huygens? What kind of telemetry did Huygens send back? When did the Cassini-Huygens mission begin?

[Tormod]

Thanks. Good tips K!

 

I need much more from the collective hypo intelligence. :naughty:

[TheFaithfulStone]

Does it need to be ESA stuff?

 

TFS

[Tormod]

Does it need to be ESA stuff?

 

TFS

 

Not at all! None of them are so far... :lol:

[TheFaithfulStone]

Anything about New Horizons, like that it's the fastest human mission, and took like nine minutes or something to get to the moon.

 

Some stuff about the new CEV - the Orion is it?

 

SpaceShipOne stuff.

 

Those would be the top three things I wanted to read about.

 

TFS

[theblackalchemist]

hi

just got a few facts from nasa web

i doont know wether it will help you but still there is more from where that came from..

 

 

 

 

 

 

The acronym "NASA" stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The term "aeronautics" originated in France, and was derived from the Greek words for "air" and "to sail."

The Altus II unmanned robot plane can circle for up to 24 hours over wildfires, beaming images and data back to computers via satellite. Originally introduced as part of the Environmental Research and Sensor Technology (ERAST) Program, Altus II can map dozens of fires in a day with no risk to a pilot.

On August 25, 1932 Amelia Earhart set three records for women flyers: the first non-stop U.S. crossing, the longest distance record, and a coast-to-coast record time.

In 1803, a man named Luke Howard used Latin words to categorize clouds. Cirrus, which means "curl of hair," is used to describe high, wispy clouds that look like locks of hair.

Cumulonimbus clouds, or rain producing clouds, may stretch from their base near the Earth's surface to an altitude of 10 kilometers (33,000 feet) or higher.

The Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) is NASA's center for aeronautical flight research and atmospheric flight operations. DFRC is chartered to research, develop, verify, and transfer advanced aeronautics, space and related technologies. It also serves as a backup landing site for the Space Shuttle and a facility to test and validate design concepts and systems used in development and operation of the Orbiters.

NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology program (known as "ERAST") develops pilotless airplane technology. It also works on making science instruments very small so that they can be carried on remote-controlled aircraft.

On January 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first artificial satellite launched into space by the United States. Onboard was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit.

On March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the first liquid fueled rocket. The launch took place at Auburn, Massachusetts, and is regarded by flight historians to be as significant as the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk.

[Tormod]

Thanks folks. I want more! :lol:

[Jay-qu]

Dont you already have enough T! :)

 

The Great Red Spot is:

a) A desert on Mars

:hyper: A very hot region of the Sun

c) A storm on Jupiter

[Tormod]

Dont you already have enough T! :)

 

The Great Red Spot is:

a) A desert on Mars

:hyper: A very hot region of the Sun

c) A storm on Jupiter

 

Getting there, J!

 

The Little Red Spot is:

 

a) A crater on Mars

:hyper: Acne

c) A new storm on Jupiter

[InfiniteNow]

Pluto's demotion

Solar Sails

Black Hole anything... :hihi: