Friday 7 November 2014

Well there's been a lot happening in space recently, Virgin Galactic's space ship two tragic accident which claimed the life of co-pilot Micheal Alsbury and injured pilot Peter Siebold who is "alert and talking" the investigation continues, it may take up to a year to complete. Sir Richard Branson who arrived straight after the accident to lend support to his team has said the accident won't change his plans for space tourism.   




                                           Virgin Galactic's Space Ship 2 wreckage in the desert.

The launch pad explosion at Wallaps flight facility in Virginia USA of the Antares rocket which was carrying Orbital Science's 3rd resupply Cygnus capsule for the ISS.Orbital Science are contracted to a total of 8 supply capsule mission to the ISS.



                                           Antares rocket explodes just after liftoff.

On a happier note , the return of China's 1st round trip to the moon on November 1st which parachuted into Mongolia , Chang-E 5, the prelude to Chang-E 6, scheduled for 2017 which will land on the Moon, gather samples(2.2kg) and return them to Earth.
                                          Chinese scientist inspect Ghang-E 5.

On the 12th of November the European Space Agency(ESA) will attempt to land on a comet for the first time in history.On that day ESA Rosetta spacecraft will deploy the Philae lander , it will take 7 hours to approach and land on Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko.       
      The comet will be traveling 40 times faster than a speeding bullet, spinning on its axis every 12 hours, all the while shooting jets of gas out of its rocky uneven surface.
      Philae will home in on its small landing site called Agilkia as shown below. The best of luck fella's.


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