http://www.jaredturner.org learning interesting stuff everyday... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:31:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jaredturner.org/northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge/ http://www.jaredturner.org/northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:54:18 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=515 Armadillo Aerospace has won the Level One portion of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge! They flew at Las Cruces International Airport on October 25, 2008, and earned the $350,000 in prize money. While they made an attempt to win Level Two on the 26, they weren’t able to pull off a double victory, leaving $1.65 million worth of prize money on the table. Check out some highlights from the first day of competition..
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Website Link: http://space.xprize.org

]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/northrop-grumman-lunar-lander-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/space-cup/ http://www.jaredturner.org/space-cup/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:11:50 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=512 In space you have to drink everything from a bag and a straw, but now one of the members on the ISS has made a video demonstration of drinking coffee from a cup in the weightless environment.
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/space-cup/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/indias-first-mission-to-the-moon-lifts-off/ http://www.jaredturner.org/indias-first-mission-to-the-moon-lifts-off/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:31:53 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=491 The cuboid Chandrayaan-1 moon vehicle blasted off from a southern Indian space centre shortly after dawn in a boost for the country’s ambitions to gain more global space business..
Article Link: www.newscientist.com
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/indias-first-mission-to-the-moon-lifts-off/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/hubble-space-telescope-images/ http://www.jaredturner.org/hubble-space-telescope-images/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:31:07 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=452 When Hubble sends its incredible images to Earth, they are in black and white, but after a year later they glow with a rainbow of coded hues..
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/the-hubble-deep-field-image/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/spacex-falcon-1-reaches-orbit/ http://www.jaredturner.org/spacex-falcon-1-reaches-orbit/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:33:59 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=438 SpaceX’s Falcon 1 became the first privately designed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth’s orbit. The California-based company launched the rocket from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean and it successfully reached orbit more than 300 miles above the surface of the Earth. This was their fourth attempt at making it into orbit..
Article Link: www.popularmechanics.com
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/spacex-falcon-1-reaches-orbit/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-70/ http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-70/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:39:02 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=353 So whats the Phoenix Lander been doing after 70 Martian days? Its been very busy testing soil samples in its different chemistry labs..
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-70/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/ted-sir-martin-rees/ http://www.jaredturner.org/ted-sir-martin-rees/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:37:34 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=279 In a speech that takes us from the origins of the universe to the last days of a dying sun 6 billion years later, renowned cosmologist Sir Martin Rees explains why the 21st century is a pivotal moment in the history of humanity: the first time in history when we can materially change ourselves and our planet. Stunning imagery of cosmological wonders show us the universe as we know it now. Speaking as “a concerned member of the human race,” Rees harkens to the wisdom of Einstein, calling for scientists to act as moral compasses, confronting the coming developments and ensuring our role in “the immense future.
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/ted-sir-martin-rees/feed/ 1 http://www.jaredturner.org/northern-lights/ http://www.jaredturner.org/northern-lights/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:31:03 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=272 Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky. The findings should help scientists better understand the more powerful but less common geomagnetic storms that can knock out satellites, harm astronauts in orbit and disrupt power and communications on Earth..
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/northern-lights/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/cassinis-images-of-saturn/ http://www.jaredturner.org/cassinis-images-of-saturn/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:27:11 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=243 Cassini is a space craft that traveled for seven years to get to Saturn, so it could study the ringed planet and its moons at close range. It made it into Saturns orbit by July 2004. It has now started its extended mission during which Cassini will make follow-up observations of the features it has discovered since it began. In the video below the lead Cassini project manager takes you on a tour of her favourite images from the past four years of the mission..
Article Link: www.newscientist.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com (Part 1)
Video Link: www.youtube.com (Part 2)
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Video Link: www.youtube.com

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Article Link: www.nasa.gov

]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/ice-on-mars/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/qa-with-stephen-hawking/ http://www.jaredturner.org/qa-with-stephen-hawking/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:10:49 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=220 Filmed April 2007, Stephen Hawking opens up to a Discovery News reporter and says how he feels about exploring space for humans..
Info Link: www.wikipedia.org
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/qa-with-stephen-hawking/feed/ 1 http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-9/ http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-9/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:28:25 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=216 A Sol is one day on Mars, so after 9 Martian days, what is Phoenix up to? Well they have been testing the robotic arm, and have done some test digs to make sure everything is ok. They have also discovered some white material just under the surface in the first dig, lets hope its ice..
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]]> http://www.jaredturner.org/phoenix-lander-sol-9/feed/ 0 http://www.jaredturner.org/the-universe-secrets-of-the-sun/ http://www.jaredturner.org/the-universe-secrets-of-the-sun/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:28:55 +0000 Jared http://www.jaredturner.org/?p=208 This is a summary version of ‘The Universe: Secrets of The Sun’, the full version is about 45min long and is well worth the watch, as well as the rest of the series. Watch the video to learn about how our sun was created, works, and is going to die and destroy the earth..
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