http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/ ukexpert photo and discussion community en Sun, 26 May 2013 09:34:24 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/images/misc/rss.png http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/ http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=112409&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 19:13:29 GMT The following is a statement from NASA's associate administrator for space technology, Michael Gazarik, about his meetings this week in Europe to discuss potential cooperation on development of space technologies that will enable NASA's future missions. These include the asteroid initiative announced in the president's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.

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New more reliable lifts are to be installed at Edgware Road Tube station.

More... ]]> LONDON NEWS TFL http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=112408 http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=112407&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 13:53:54 GMT This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech



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This year it is on Saturday the 15th of June.

The official Web site for it is here: http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsa...theColour.aspx

From the area around the Mall it is I believe possible to take photos of the event during the morning. I believe there is also a 41 gun salute. There is also a fly past by the RAF at around 1pm, with the Royal Family watching from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

I'm going along this year and if anyone else does please say and we can if you like perhaps meet up and get a meal afterwards at a neat American Diner, or something like that.

Steve ]]> Meets, Gatherings, and Events Steve http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=112402 http://www.ukexpert.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=112401&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 14:06:14 GMT Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) photographed this striking view of Pavlof Volcano on May 18, 2013. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down view of most remote sensing satellites.... Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) photographed this striking view of Pavlof Volcano on May 18, 2013. The oblique perspective from the ISS reveals the three dimensional structure of the ash plume, which is often obscured by the top-down view of most remote sensing satellites. Situated in the Aleutian Arc about 625 miles (1,000 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, Pavlof began erupting on May 13, 2013. The volcano jetted lava into the air and spewed an ash cloud 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) high. When photograph ISS036-E-2105 (top) was taken, the space station was about 475 miles south-southeast of the volcano (49.1° North latitude, 157.4° West longitude). The volcanic plume extended southeastward over the North Pacific Ocean. Image Credit: NASA



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