Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ – the central figure of Christianity, which views him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament, and within which most denominations recognize him as the Son of God and as God incarnate.  Christian views of Jesus center on the belief that Jesus is divine, is the Messiah whose coming was prophesied in the Old Testament, and that he was resurrected after his crucifixion. The date of commemoration is not known to be Jesus’ actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either a historical Roman festival or the winter solstice. Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season, and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.

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We have to discover a variety of scientific data the moon holds. In order to understand the evolution of Earth and other planets we must investigate it.

The moon looks very tranquil and peaceful in the night sky. We can hardly imagine that this planet is an active space body. Millions of Earth habitants don’t know that the moon gets LCROSS-sized exposures at least once a week.  More than 50 exposures once a year! Note an interesting fact – the moon experiences thousands of moonquakes each year and leaves out energy by heat flow, electromagnetic conducting power and tides from Earth and the Sun.

LCROSS is premium and exceptional compared to the natural barrage of material exposing the moon. It is developed to have exact information where and when it will expose the Cabeus crater near the moon’s south pole. (more…)

How can we come up with as a decent surprise? Or an unusual gift? Or a story that will shake up someone’s brain and bring in a rush of adrenaline? With the abundance of choices today sometimes it seems like there is not so many options left. After conquering the cyberspace, seems like the old expression “the sky is the limit” is not relevant anymore. Is the Sky still the limit?…

Not so long ago the world smiled at the news about a new trick to boost the sales of digital technology.

An original size model of a corkwood chair was taken up 98.268 feet on an air-balloon and there it collapsed into little pieces. What an excellent way to advertise new  laptops and LCD tv-sets!

At first glance there is nothing extraordinary. Everyone can do it, no? Have you ever tried sending a teddy bear or a toy aircraft to the stratosphere? However the trick is that not only the chair had to “fly” towards the unknown, but also be filmed with high resolution video camera from most advantageous positions. (more…)

These days it has been announced officially that there is water on the moon. Since man first touched the moon, scientists have considered that the lunar surface is dry. They thought the moon was drier than any desert on Earth. In September NASA scientists discovered water on the moon although in very small quantities. These days it has been proved with the help of special equipment. One ton of a top layer of the lunar surface contains nearly 32 ounces of water. Recent investigations which have been carried out with the help of three different spacecrafts have proved scientists’ assumptions.

Space companies engaged in space investigation from the USA, Japan and Russia are going to develop their own bases on the lunar surface. NASA hopes that water will help to stay on the Moon for a long period of time. (more…)

Galactic Spanish company promises to complete the first space hotel construction project by 2012. Architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort Hotel notify that 8 weeks of preflight training & 3 days of rest at the orbit will cost 3 million euro for those who wish.

Guests will see the sunrise 15 times per day & each 80 minutes turn around the Earth. Guests’ suit will have special Velcro so that at will all guests could move about the room as if there is even no any weightlessness, remembering herewith one great difference that the floor & the ceiling are equal. Experts consider that this project is perspective and in 15 years people won’t be surprised by the idea that their grandchildren could go on space travel for a weekend.

Galactic Suite Space Resort will present a module which will fly round at the height of 450 km at a lick of 30 thousand km/hour and accommodating 4 guests & 2 professional astronauts. The flight to the hotel will take a day & a half. More than 40 people have already booked tickets.
Project cost is near 3 bln $. (more…)