KOCOURMIKES: kolonie fotosyntetickych mikroorganismu prezivajici pod vrstvou ledu. mozna.

Life in the dark dune spots of Mars: a testable hypothesis - ResearchGate
http://www.researchgate.net/...n/252158441_Life_in_the_dark_dune_spots_of_Mars_a_testable_hypothesis

ABSTRACT: This chapter presents one of the very rare exobiological hypotheses. The main thesis is that there could be life in the dark dune spots (DDSs) of the southern polar region of Mars, at latitudes between –60° and –80°. The spots have a characteristic annual morphological cycle and it is suspected that liquid water forms in them every year. We propose that a consortium of simple organisms (similar to bacteria) comes to life each year, driven by sunlight absorbed by the photosynthetic members of the consortium. A crucial feature of the proposed habitat is that life processes take place only under the cover of water ice/frost/snow. By the time this frost disappears from the dunes, the putative microbes, named Mars surface organisms (MSOs) must revert to a dormant state. The hypothesis has been worked out in considerable detail, it has not been convincingly refuted so far, and it is certainly testable by available scientific methods. We survey some of the history of, the logic behind, the testable predictions of, and the main challenges to the DDS-MSO hypothesis.

Flight Over Dwarf Planet Ceres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJiw2NxqoBU

Every space shuttle launched is in this inspiring video - Tech Insider
http://www.techinsider.io/challenger-video-nasa-space-shuttle-program-2016-1

Návrat domů (bohužel je záznam krátký...)
NASA TV : What Astronauts See As They Re-Enter Earth's Atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwh56iWOn2s


An Astronaut Filmed His Re-Entry Into The Earths Atmosphere And It Looks Incredible! - The Evolving Planet
http://www.theevolvingplanet.com/astronaut-filmed-re-entry-earths-atmosphere-looks-incredible/

CLUMP: CLUMP: Na ty (skoro) pravidelné plutónské čtvrtky se těším už už od víkendu. :)

Pluto's Blue Atmosphere in the Infrared
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/plutos-blue-atmosphere-in-the-infrared

This image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is the first look at Pluto’s atmosphere in infrared wavelengths, and the first image of the atmosphere made with data from the New Horizons Ralph/Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) instrument.

Pluto’s Widespread Water Ice
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pluto-s-widespread-water-ice

New data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft point to more prevalent water ice on Pluto’s surface than previously thought.

VIRGO: Tak mám bohužel špatné zprávy... :(

Z blízkého průletu kolem Phobosu nebude nic. Kamera HRSC sice snímala, ale díky závadě v paměti se sekvence
neuložily. Čas od času se tato chyba vyskytne (sonda má za sebou 12 let provozu), teď se to bohužel stalo při průletu.
Naštěstí se zachovala data dvou dalších palubních zařízení ASPERA (Analyzer of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms) a radaru
MARSIS (Subsurface Sounding Radar/Altimeter). Vědecké týmy tyto data analyzují, výsledky ještě nejsou k dispozici.
V letošním roce proběhnou ještě dva průlety: 4.7. (vzájemná vzdálenost bude cca 350 km) a 16.11. (+/- 127 km)

VIRGO: https://youtu.be/Ej1pxKLG614?t=603 si pohrava s propiskou :)

VIRGO: uspesne oddeleni nakladu, 70. uspesny start v rade, respekt :)
Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launch | Spaceflight Now
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/01/27/va228-mission-status-center/

Pěkný start před chvílí
Launch of Heavy Lift Ariane 5 with Intelsat 29e (VA-228)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej1pxKLG614

VIRGO: pripomnelo film "right stuff", kde to riziko bylo jasne dany.
kazdopadne velkej respekt, pro me hrdinove!

Teda letos je to vzpomínání nějaké intenzivní, ne webu se objevují zajímavé momentky:
Posádka Apollo 1 kráčí přístupovým ramenem do modulu (Grissom vpředu za ním Chaffee?).
Tady se úplně naposled mohli rozhlédnout po krajině. Zbývá jim pár desítek minut života...
Mrazí mě z toho, ale fotka je to úžasná.

12 Years on Mars - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/12-years-on-mars/431571/

NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity just celebrated its 12th anniversary on Mars—a mission that was originally meant to last just 90 days. Although recently eclipsed in the news by its bigger brother Curiosity, Opportunity is still going strong and making valuable scientific discoveries. Launched into space in 2003, Opportunity bounced to a hole-in-one landing in a small crater on Mars' Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004. It has since spent 4,270 Martian days, or sols, on the surface, slowly moving from target to target, exploring craters, meteorites, unusual rock formations, and finding evidence of past water activity. Over the past 144 months, Opportunity has taken more than 200,000 images, and driven a total of 26.50 miles (42.65 kilometers) across Mars—not bad for a mission designed to last only three months.

Incorntro con Telesto
http://aliveuniverse.gallery/cassini-huygens/94-incorntro-con-telesto

This animation was obtained by combining frames in the infrared, green and ultraviolet taken by the Narrow Angle Camera of the probe Cassini on January 14, 2016. The protagonist is Telesto, one of the smaller satellites of Saturn.

VIRGO: parádní ... mazec bude ještě dostat to bezpečně nahoru :)

Prostě mazec! Konečně detail robotického ramene a uchycení segmentů primárního zrcadla JWST:

THERIDANE: Uz ceka tam v rohu, ve vohradce... :-D