Rosetta - ESA: Rendezvous with a Comet
ESA’s Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT. This is the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved. (ESA - http://www.esa.int/ESA)
Photo credits: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA
The Singing Comet: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko magnetic field oscillations
The Singing Comet: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko magnetic field oscillations
The comet seems to be emitting a ‘song’ in the form of oscillations in the magnetic field in the comet’s environment. It is being sung at 40-50 millihertz, far below human hearing, which typically picks up sound between 20 Hz and 20 kHz. To make the music audible to the human ear, the frequencies have been increased by a factor of about 10,000.
The music was heard clearly by the magnetometer experiment (RPC-Mag) for the first time in August, when Rosetta drew to within 100 km of 67P/C-G. The scientists think it must be produced in some way by the activity of the comet, as it releases neutral particles into space where they become electrically charged due to a process called ionisation. But the precise physical mechanism behind the oscillations remains a mystery.
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/11/the-singing-comet/
Space Odyssey 2001 : Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz
2001: A Space Odyssey is a science-fiction narrative, produced in 1968 as both a novel, written by Arthur C. Clarke, and a film, directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is a part of Clarke's Space Odyssey series. Both the novel and the film are partially based on Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", written in 1948 as an entry in a BBC short story competition.
Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899), also known as Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, the Son (German:Sohn), Johann Baptist Strauss, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 400 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely then responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II
ISS - International Space Station: Live Stream
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998. Now the largest artificial body in orbit, it can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised modules, external trusses, solar arrays and other components. ISS components have been launched by American Space Shuttles as well as Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets.
Space and Rock: David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Robert Jones (born 8 January 1947), known professionally by his stage name David Bowie, is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and arranger. He is also a painter and collector of fine art.
ISS - International Space Station: Live Stream
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The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998. Now the largest artificial body in orbit, it can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised modules, external trusses, solar arrays and other components. ISS components have been launched by American Space Shuttles as well as Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets.
Space and Rock: David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Robert Jones (born 8 January 1947), known professionally by his stage name David Bowie, is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and arranger. He is also a painter and collector of fine art.
LPB band: J.F.K. - We Choose To Go To The Moon
The LPB band is a greek music band founded in Athens,in 1989, by the drummer Andreas Mouzakitis and bass player Liana Koutrolikou.
