Tag: Cygnus

  • Manned Mission to Mars by 2017?

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      Joel Achenbach reports on Billionaire’s desire to send humans to Mars by as early as 2017: Billionaire Dennis Tito, tired of being told that we can’t send humans to Mars just yet, on Wednesday revealed his scheme for launching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017.Dubbed “Inspiration Mars,” the fly-by…

  • Photo of the day

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    Here’s a truly gorgeous image by astrophotographer Mick Hyde, a mosaic of NGC 7000 (the North American nebula) and the Pelican nebula (IC 5070).  Read more here.