Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts

Monday, 15 October 2012

'The Last Pictures' — Humanity's legacy to be sent into space


Since 1963, more than 800 spacecraft have been launched into geosynchronous orbit, forming a man-made ring of satellites around the Earth, and will now include "The Last Pictures" as mankind's legacy once life has disappeared from the planet.
An organization called Creative Time, unites creative artists and people, and has come up with a new project, called The Last Pictures, which they say will be a message from humanity to alien civilizations. They plan to record the history of the human race in pictures, and to then send this data into space for these future civilizations to view.... read more.

Monday, 4 June 2012

Iran space center 80% complete


Not to be left behind in the space race, Iran has almost completed its new space center. This will be used to launch satellites made by Iran and other Muslim nations.
The country´s defense minister has advised that the new space center is 80% complete.
Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday that the first space mission from this new facility will be the launch of Tolou (Dawn) satellite... read more.