http://astroaviator.com From Aviation to Space Exploration, it's all in it... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:22:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/KIFiSm9Rew8/ http://astroaviator.com/2010/02/19/spacex-to-replace-space-shuttle/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:14:01 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2010/02/19/spacex-to-replace-space-shuttle/ What’s next after the Space Shuttle’s are grounded this year onwards???. Well the solution lies with the new private company namely Space Exploration Technologies (SET) which in future will be sending privately built rockets into space. As this is the last year for the aging space shuttles to carry out their missions to International Space [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2010/02/19/spacex-to-replace-space-shuttle/feed/ 0 http://astroaviator.com/2010/02/19/spacex-to-replace-space-shuttle/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/o7vELWkydN8/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/12/02/3rd-december-2009-sky-watch/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:21:13 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/?p=1282 On the night of 3rd December 2009 a quite known phenomena was observed in the night sky revealing a breath taking view of the moon along with a dense cloud around the moon like a ring in the city of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and also across many cities of Pakistan. Some of the observers found [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/12/02/3rd-december-2009-sky-watch/feed/ 3 http://astroaviator.com/2009/12/02/3rd-december-2009-sky-watch/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/so8QtZ1RKwM/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/17/lenoid-meteor-shopwer-witnessed-by-many/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:12:27 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/?p=1234 On the night of 17th November many people across Asia witnessed the breath taking view of the meteor shower that everybody was waiting for. The peak siting time was between 02.30 hours to 05.00 hours. Many People from countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, China, Malaysia witnessed the showers. Leniod Meteor shower occurs annually but this [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/17/lenoid-meteor-shopwer-witnessed-by-many/feed/ 5 http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/17/lenoid-meteor-shopwer-witnessed-by-many/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/5nxaWrSOPLc/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/09/leonid-meteor-shower/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:29:03 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/?p=1193 Our planet earth will once again experience the breath taking showers of a meteoroid on this November 17th. This event is also known as Leonid meteor shower, which in 1999 and 2001 put on some dramatic sky shows and this event not only happens in one particular place but through out the world. This time [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/09/leonid-meteor-shower/feed/ 5 http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/09/leonid-meteor-shower/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/5C_q6dgHUF0/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/08/hotels-in-space/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:12:00 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/?p=1169 Want to spend your vacation at a place where you cant forget the thrill for rest of your life? Now you can enjoy a vacation that is out of this world, literally! Galactic Suits, a hotel that will soon be opening its doors will be located high up in the sky, in space orbiting the [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/08/hotels-in-space/feed/ 4 http://astroaviator.com/2009/11/08/hotels-in-space/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/BHdpFdlNAGc/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch-video/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:42:09 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch-video/ The first video available on YouTube Related Posts:Reviewing STS-125 Mission To Hubble a.k.a “LAST MISSION TO HUBBLE”Ares I-X LaunchAres-1 Rocket Motor TestMYTHBUSTER’S AND SONIC BOOMHubble In BusinessPowered by Contextual Related Posts]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch-video/feed/ 0 http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch-video/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/VGaeHsvSl58/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:45:43 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch/ Finally Ares I-X took it’s first successful flight. All systems performed correctly. Initially due to weather, the launch was delayed. The first stage separated successfully from the upper stage. All people at the Kennedy Space Station celebrated the successful launch. The rocket lifted off despite a bout of thunderstorms that passed over it Tuesday night. [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch/feed/ 0 http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/28/ares-i-x-launch/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/dGHjZQzg7ag/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/27/ares-1-an-efficient-way-to-send-man-into-space/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:42:19 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/27/ares-1-an-efficient-way-to-send-man-into-space/ As the launch time is approaching, NASA is one step ahead of achieving it’s ultimate goal of launching the next generation space craft which will take man to outer space. Replacing the highly expensive Space Shuttle, the Ares 1 rocket will provide much cheaper transportation of man to space. Right now America is under the [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/27/ares-1-an-efficient-way-to-send-man-into-space/feed/ 1 http://astroaviator.com/2009/10/27/ares-1-an-efficient-way-to-send-man-into-space/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/G0a0zvWz4v8/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/28/water-on-the-moon-a-conspiracy/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:13:02 +0000 Assad http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/28/water-on-the-moon-a-conspiracy/ The news of water being discovered on moon has pumped NASA to boost their Constellation Program. But this is not all; even scientists are now dying to study more about the moon secrets and for this they need somebody to go there and start digging for the secrets they are looking for. Three probes confirming [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/28/water-on-the-moon-a-conspiracy/feed/ 15 http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/28/water-on-the-moon-a-conspiracy/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/astroaviator/gKsz/~3/tASwPCOUOwE/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/27/fuel-slosh-an-unsolved-dilemma/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:52:24 +0000 Harris http://astroaviator.com/?p=1098 Fuel slosh, the whirling of liquid fuel inside the fuel tanks of rockets and other spacecrafts, is a menace that has baffled scientists and ruined space missions for 50 years. Now, Gangadharan thinks he has a solution.   Rocket science and aerospace engineering have radically improved in the past few decades, and modern space mechanics [...]]]> http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/27/fuel-slosh-an-unsolved-dilemma/feed/ 0 http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/27/fuel-slosh-an-unsolved-dilemma/