Although it is almost ten times smaller than the Earth’s Moon, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt (the cluster of asteroids and minor planets between Mars and Jupiter). It is the only celestial body of this cluster which is unambiguously rounded by its own gravity. The only Dwarf planet in the Inner […]
Orion Mission -NASA Appraises Orion’s Performance
NASA’s Orion space capsule has returned to Florida after completing its unmanned test flight. Space agency officials will now study and review its performance in the December 5 mission. The Orion capsule was launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center and completed two orbits of Earth before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere and safely splashed […]
