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Beautiful Time-Lapse Video of Spectacular Aurora Borealis in Birtavarre, Norway

Thu Jan 26, 2012 05:24 pm Cardinal News

The skies over northern Europe have been illuminated with an intense display of the northern lights after a week of massive solar storms showered the Earth with radiation. More beautiful Northern Lights from Europe. Birtavarre […]

NASA’s Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Possible Earth-Like Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star

Mon Dec 5, 2011 04:30 pm Cardinal News

Artist’s conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech. NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the “habitable zone,” the region […]

How Close to Earth Was Asteroid 2005 YU55?

Tue Nov 8, 2011 09:42 pm Cardinal News

On November 8, 2011 at 23:28 UT (5:28 p.m. CST) the asteroid safely passed 0.85 lunar distances (324,600 km or 201,700 miles) from the Earth. November 9, 2011 at 07:13 UT (1:13 a.m. CST) the […]

Can I Track the UARS Satellite That Is Falling?

Thu Sep 22, 2011 08:41 am Cardinal News

Screen shot of UARS tracking graphic from n2yo.com at about 8:50 a.m. CDT showing satellite headed over Madagascar (Chicago time). UPDATE: The satellite is reported to have fallen as it was traveling eastward over Canada, […]

Spacecraft Probe ‘Juno’ Begins 5-Year Journey to Jupiter

Fri Aug 5, 2011 12:44 pm Cardinal News

NASA has launched a robotic explorer to Jupiter at 12:25 EDT on August 5, 2011. The spacecraft, named Juno, blasted off aboard an unmanned rocket Friday from Cape Canaveral. It will take Juno five years […]

Video: Final Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor

Tue May 17, 2011 08:45 pm Cardinal News

May 16, 2011 at 8:56 A.M. EDT Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canavral, Florida. International Space Station assembly mission which will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and the ELC-3 […]

Booster Rocket Cam: NASA Releases Booster Rocket Tapes

Thu Mar 3, 2011 08:19 pm Cardinal News

A booster camera gives a unique look at the separation of the twin solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank as the shuttle Discovery and crew head into orbit for a 2-day journey to meet […]

AWESOME VIDEO: Space Shuttle Viewed from Passenger Jet Departing Orlando

Mon Feb 28, 2011 05:49 pm Cardinal News

Flying from Orlando, Florida, a passenger from in an airplane had the rare opportunity to be able to watch Discovery’s final launch as it embarks on STS-133. Passengers on the right side of a jet […]

VIDEO: Shuttle Discovery’s Final Launch, Foam Falls Off After Launch

Thu Feb 24, 2011 06:07 pm Cardinal News

VIDEO FEB 24 2011: NASA’s most traveled space shuttle took off on its final voyage after nearly three decades of service. Discovery’s journey to the International Space Station marks the beginning of the end of […]

‘Shooting Star’ Meteor Sighted Over Chicago, Indiana

Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:53 pm Cardinal News

A bright meteor with a greenish tint was reported Wednesday night just after 8:00 p.m. A full moon with 100% illumination also shined Wednesday The last big meteor visible in the midwest and Chicagoland was […]

Lunar Eclipse at Winter Solstice, Photo from Orlando, Florida

Tue Dec 21, 2010 05:12 am Cardinal News

A Winter Solstice total lunar eclipse on December 21, 2010, as seen near greatest eclipse, from Orlando, Florida. The most recent total lunar eclipse occurred on December 21, 2010 at 0817 UTC during the Winter […]

VIDEO: Fantastic Time Lapse Video of Northern Lights Aurora Borealis Set to Music

Sat Nov 27, 2010 08:43 am Cardinal News

Aurora Borealis timelapse HD from Tor Even Mathisen — Northern Lights set to music by Per Wollen and vocals by Silje Beate Nillsen on Vimeo. An aurora borealis or Northern Lights is a natural light […]

Flashback 1946: TWA Constellation Star of Paris Flight from Kansas City to New York

Thu Oct 28, 2010 04:54 pm Cardinal News

Vintage film showing the inside workings of an airline and a flight from Kansas City to New York. Few cuts in the beginning but cleans up. It features a TWA Constellation named Star of Paris […]

Parrot AR.Drone: Consumer Wi-Fi Drone Helicopter-Quadricopter Controlled by iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch

Sun Sep 5, 2010 11:03 am Cardinal News

Video demonstration of the AR.Drone of flight operations: hovering, turning, tilting, panning, auto-stabilization. The AR.Drone with an on-board Wi-Fi system, can control the Parrot AR.Drone using an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, or an iPad®. Although, initially […]

VIDEO: Airbus A380 at Farnborough Airshow 2010: Takeoff, Fly-by and Landing

Wed Jul 21, 2010 02:56 pm Cardinal News

Airbus A380 at Farnborough Airshow 2010 Monday, July 20, 2010. Farnborough International Airshow The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace business which is held biennially in Hampshire, England. The […]

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