Bulgarian Orbital Research And Satellites

15/12/2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQFp-fJsmzg China's Jade Rabbit has landed on the Moon.

China's robotic Jade Rabbit lunar rover has driven off its landing module and on to the Moon's surface. The robotic vehicle rolled down a ramp lowered by the...

25/11/2013

Eighty years ago, on this day, the Group for the Study of Reactive Motion launched GIRD-X, the first liquid-fueled rocket of the Soviet Union. GIRD-X reached an altitude of 75 metres and marked the beginning of the Soviet rocket programme.

22/11/2013

http://1.usa.gov/1dlvvy3 Close enough.

On April 27, a blast of light from a dying star in a distant galaxy topped the charts as one of the brightest stellar explosions ever seen.

19/11/2013

See how NASA's MAVEN begins its long journey to Mars:

http://www.reuters.com/video/2013/11/18/nasa-launches-robotic-orbiter-to-mars?videoId=274566033&videoChannel=117764

Nov. 18 - NASA's new Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission, or MAVEN, launches into space for a mission designed to better understand Mars' atmosphere. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

14/11/2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24931002 "It's time now that we take a long-term view on our technologies and the bi-laterals we have with other space nations, and make available a pool of funding over, say, the next five years that has some certainty. "That will give us best value for money; the most bang for our buck"

A new report says the UK space sector needs a defined and properly funded national programme if it is to build on the successes of recent years.

05/11/2013

http://www.dw.de/indias-mangalyaan-mission-blasts-off-for-mars/a-17204603 "Success would make India's space agency the fourth in the world to reach the Red Planet, after previous missions by Europe, the Soviet Union and the US."

An Indian mission to the Red Planet has launched successfully, carrying an unmanned probe that will take almost a year to arrive at its destination. New Delhi wants India to be the first Asian nation to reach Mars.

23/10/2013

Would you try it ? http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-space-ballooning-idUSBRE99L1BU20131022

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Hoping to cash in on a growing appetite for adventure, an Arizona startup has unveiled plans for a balloon ride to the stratosphere, offering passengers about two hours

22/10/2013

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/plutonium-238-problem/ "I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by..."

Most of what humanity knows about the outer planets came back to Earth on plutonium power. Cassini’s ongoing exploration of Saturn, Galileo’s trip to Jupiter, Curiosity’s exploration of the surface of Mars, and the 2015 flyby of Pluto by the …

02/10/2013

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131001-best-space-images-of-the-month

It’s been a memorable month in space. Here are some of the most stunning pictures captured– from Mars canyons to a surprised frog at a rocket launch.

07/09/2013

LADEE is on her way to the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ladee/main/index.html #.UitPbdKnp9U

Loading ...Get Involved with LADEE--See LADEE launch from locations across the northeast US--View from a public viewing site near NASA Wallops in Va. --Watch the launch broadcast at NASA Ames in Silicon Valley, Calif. --Info about all LADEE events--Info about all the ways YOU can become directly inv...

31/07/2013

Try to imagine a world without satellites. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130609-the-day-without-satellites

We don’t always realise how much we depend on satellites orbiting our planet. Our space correspondent imagines the impact on the planet if we lost transmission.

24/07/2013

Ever wondered what we look like from a distance of 1,5 billion kilometres ? Cassini and MESSENGER have captured breathtaking photos of Earth from the far corners of our Solar System. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20130722.html #.UfAUUdLLpZ5

Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space.