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Friday, July 31, 2009
ENDEAVOUR BACK HOME!!
ENDEAVOUR OVER FLORIDA!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
NEW ARTICLE UP! WAITING FOR ITS APPROVAL!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
NEW SEISMIC WINDOWS FOR EARTHQUAKES IN AUGUST 09!
DEAR ALL
UNDOCKING OF ENDEAVOUR TODAY!!
75 POSTS ON AKSHAY'S GYAAN COMPLETED
The pair installed video cameras on the front and back of the new Japanese Exposed Facility. The cameras will provide views to help with rendezvous and berthing of the H-II Transfer Vehicle scheduled to make its first deliveries to the International Space Station in September.
Marshburn and Cassidy also completed miscellaneous tasks around the station. They secured multi-layer insulation around the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator known as Dextre, split out power channels for two space station Control Moment Gyroscopes, tied down some cables and installed handrails and a portable foot restraint to aid future spacewalkers. The deployment of the Payload Attach System on the S3 Truss was deferred to another spacewalk sometime in the future.
The shuttle and station crews will awaken around 3 a.m. EDT Tuesday to prepare for undocking. They will bid each other farewell and close the hatches at 10:23 a.m., followed by undocking at 1:26 p.m.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
PAPUA NEW GUINEA RECEIVES 6.2M EARTHQUAKE.THE EARTHQUAKE FINDS A PATTERN!
DEAR ALL
The tremor, which struck at 11:42 am local time (0142 GMT), was about 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of Arawa city at a depth of 65 kilometres, according the US Geological Survey.
"At this stage we have not received any reports of any damage," a spokesman for PNG's national earthquakes centre said.
"We have not had any report of such activity as a tsunami, but normally (with) earthquakes of about 6.2 we rarely anticipate tsunamis along our coastline," he added.
Papua New Guinea sits on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", where continental plates meet. The region is frequently hit by earthquakes.
Friday, July 24, 2009
A QUAKE STRIKES VENEZUELA
An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude shook oil-rich northwestern Venezuela on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, authorities said.
The quake occurred at 1525 local time (1955 GMT) southwest of the city of Punto Fijo, said Francisco Garces, head of the local seismological center Funvisis.
we still stick on for our date
akshay
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 09
Sunday, July 19, 2009
THE DISCOVERY OF MEDIUM-SIZE BLACKHOLE IMPRESSES ME!!
I M FINALLY BACK WITH AKSHAY'S GYAAN
THE NEWS OF NEW TYPE OF BLACK HOLE HAS ASTONISHED ME.BUT NOT SO M,UCH
SINCE MANY DAYS AFTER WRITING ARTICLES OF FUSIONS AND ALL I WAS CONVINCED WHAT A FUSION CAN DO
I HAD MENTIONED FUSION IN ONE OF MY ARTICLES.. "SPINING GALAXIES CAN FORM SHORTCUT TO UNIVERSE"
SPECULATIONS REGARDING BLACKHOLES HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND WILL BE UNLESS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN DETECTING A NEAR BLACK HOLE. LIKE VERY CLOSE AND PROBING IT WITH A SPACE-CRAFT
EARLIER AS PER THE CHANDRASHEKHAR LIMIT
THE MASS OF SUN,IF IS 1.4 TIMES MORE THAN MASS OF OUR SUN,THEN THAT STAR GETS CONVERTED INTO A BLACKHOLE.
EVIDENCE HAS BEEN FOUND ON IT WITH SOME BLACK HOLES IN MEDUSA GALAXY WITH MASS VERY GIANT THAN OUR SUN.
THE FUSION OF THESE BLACK-HOLES HAVE RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF A MEDIUM-SIZED BLACKHOLES. IT HAS GIVEN SCIENCE THE WAY TO THINK,JUST AS OTHER CELLESTIAL BODIES ARE ATTRACTED TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND AT A MOMENT COLLIDE/FUSE WITH EACH OTHER,BLACK HOLES DO.
Astrophysicists identified what appears to be the first-ever medium-sized black hole, pictured in an artist’s rendition above, with a mass at least 500 times that of our Sun. Researchers from the Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements in France detected the middling hole in a galaxy about 290 million light-years from Earth.
IT IS IMPORTANT AS THE FORMATION OF BLACK HOLES NOW CAN BE STUDIED IN DEPTH..
THE STARS WITH A MASS 1.4 TIMES LESS BECOME WHITE DWARFS..
THESE WHITE DWARFS DON'T TRANSFORM INTO A BLACK HOLE
BUT THEIR FUSION SUCCESSIVE MIGHT CREATE A SMALL BLACKHOLE
SEEMS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE NOW BUT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE
THERE CAN BE A CHAIN OF STARS BIRTH AND DEATH RATE
THE POSITION OF THIS MEDIUM SIZED BLACK HOLE
Called “Hyper-Luminous X-ray Source 1,” the structure sits on the edge of galaxy ESO 243-49. Because of the source’s physical characteristics and the pattern of its radiation, the researchers conclude it must be a black hole more than 500 times the mass of the sun: not too big, not too small, and the first of its kind
HISTORY OF MYSTERY STILL CONTINUES
AKSHAY
Friday, July 17, 2009
ENDEAVOUR FINALLY AT THE STATION!!
Following leak checks, the hatches between the two craft will open at 3:43 p.m., creating the first 13-member crew in space history. Shortly after hatch opening, NASA Television will air the traditional Welcome Ceremony.
At about 5:13 p.m., Endeavour Mission Specialist Tim Kopra and space station Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata will swap crew affiliations when they exchange Soyuz seatliners. Wakata has spent 124 days in space, 122 days as a space station Expedition crew member. He is the first astronaut to span three Expedition crews – 18, 19 and 20. When he lands aboard Endeavour, he will have served as a member of five space crews, including STS-119 and STS-127.
7 MONTHS ONLY FOR CHANDRAYAAN-1
A CONDOLENCE TO ISRO
Thursday, July 16, 2009
FINALLY THE MISSION BEGINS!!!
DEAR ALL
"It was a testimony for this entire launch and flight control team," Launch Director Pete Nickolenko said of the countdown and successful liftoff, which came on the sixth launch attempt after technical issues and weather concerns prevented the first five tries. "It was an outstanding effort, and it made the complex look really easy. It really was a case of persistence."
Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, also commended the launch effort, but cautioned that the mission to come is "very challenging," with five spacewalks and robotic activities scheduled. "The teams are fully prepared -- they're ready to go do what they need to go do, and we look forward to the exciting activities as we install the Exposed Facility out on the Kibo module."
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
ENDEAVOUR HAS ONE MORE CHANCE TODAY!!
Weather at Kennedy remains at 60-percent chance for favorable weather for an early-evening liftoff at 6:03 p.m. The primary weather concerns for launch are the potential for showers and thunderstorms near the Shuttle Landing Facility.
A SUPERQUAKE STRIKES SOUTH-WEST TIP OF NEW ZEALAND!!
A SUPER EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEW ZEALAND'S WEST COAST....
DEAR ALL
A POWERFUL 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS STRIKED THE WEST COAST OF NEW ZEALAND...
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken New Zealand, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific Ocean.
The quake struck off the south-west tip of New Zealand, 161km (100 miles) west of Invercargill at a depth of 33km (20 miles), the US Geological Survey said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a "non-expanding regional tsunami warning" for nearby areas.
There were no immediate reports of damage or any evidence that a tsunami had formed after the quake.
"An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicentre within minutes to hours," the warning centre said in a statement.
The quake was detected at 0922GMT (2122 local time), reports said.
New Zealand's Herald newspaper said the quake was felt across the South Island.
People ran from restaurants in Queenstown as buildings shook, the newspaper said. Power and phone lines were severed in some places.
One South Island resident, Simon Darby, told the newspaper the quake lasted about two-and-a-half minutes.
"I lived in Tokyo for three years so I know what large quakes are like. Even though we are maybe 400km from the epicentre this was easily the longest and biggest I have ever felt," he said.
"It wasn't very violent, more of a rolling feel. But it had a power about it - I ran straight outside into the car park."
THE AKSHAY'S GYAAN SEISMOLOGY TEAM HAS BEEN CALLED FOR AN URGENT MEETING
AKSHAY
Sunday, July 12, 2009
WEATHER CHANGES..DELAYS ENDEAVOUR'S LAUNCH
6:51 p.m. EDT.
Officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida called off Sunday's planned liftoff due to inclement weather. Cumulus clouds and lightning violated rules for launching Endeavour because of weather near the Shuttle Landing Facility. The runway would be needed in the unlikely event that Endeavour would have to make an emergency landing back at Kennedy.
The STS-127 astronauts left Launch Pad 39A at about 8:35 p.m. EDT to return to crew quarters at Kennedy's Operations & Checkout Building for the night.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
STS 127 ON WAITING TO TOUCH THE SKY
At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, crews began moving the Rotating Service Structure to its park position on time at 11 p.m. EDT. The move takes approximately one hour.
The launch team will meet tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. for a weather briefing before fueling space shuttle Endeavour. Tanking coverage will begin at 10 a.m. on NASA Television.
COURTESY
www.nasa.gov/shuttle/main/index.html
Friday, July 10, 2009
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY
TODAY
I WILL CELEBRATE IT WITH JOY AT THE METD HEADQUARTER AT MY HOME IN NAGPUR
I THANK ALL THOSE WHO WISH ME AND HAVE SUPPORTED FOR YEARS TOGETHER
Thursday, July 2, 2009
I AM BACK ON AKSHAY'S GYAAN.METD WEATHER STATION CLOSES FROM TODAY
MY HOME
dear all
i am back to akshay's gyaan
as per the promise i will write a science article tonight.
i had a great time in metd weather station
i got 98% success in monsoon forecasting and its updates. i did it just by using satellite images.
the metd weather station now has closed from today.it will re-open the next year
i am sure you might have read my new blog. once again sorry for the absence