Your online guide to deep space imagery, photos showing the wonders of our universe, and pictures of the earth as seen from space.
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on April 30, 2009 under Discussion | 
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“Your guide to constellations, deep sky objects, planets and events,” Tonight’s Sky is produced monthly by the Space Telescope Science Institute and is the ideal resource for the amateur astronomer. The guide is produced from the vantage point of the northern hemisphere. In June, Venus and Mars draw close before sunrise.
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on April 27, 2009 under Collections, Unmanned Missions | Be the First to Comment
Don P. Mitchell has pulled together hard-to-find space imagery from the Soviet space program. While this is a small collection, it provides a unique historical glimpse into the past. Included are lunar photos datng back to 1959 (Luna-3) along with images returned from Mars, Venus and even Halley’s Comet. Also of interest is a special section, Venera: The Soviet Exploration of Venus.
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on April 14, 2009 under Unmanned Missions | Be the First to Comment
While Mars has been stealing all the headlines, ESA’s Venus Express has been quietly exploring the planet’s atmosphere and environment. It’s mission, due to end end May of this year has been extended again until December 2009.
Venus Express has detected water molecules escaping into space, evidence of lightning in the venusian atmosphere, and provided infrared glimpses of the hot surface. The spacecraft has revealed astonishing details of the planet’s dynamic cloud system, including its striking double-eyed atmospheric vortex that dominates the south pole. This gallery includes over 150 images and videos providing a glimpse inside Venus’ mysterious atmospheric cloud.
