Space October 2012 (summary of events of the month)

Equator fall behind. There are only two months before the end of the year. Let's see what we pleased with the astronauts, astronauts and scientists in the past month. News and pictures will be enough that we can not but rejoice.

Let's start with pictures trace left scoop rover «Curiosity» on the surface of the red planet. During October, the rover made two sampling soil for testing. Moreover, the first was unsuccessful.





Photos of the first fence.



Here is a reflection nebula VdB 152, sometimes called a "dusty curtain". Located this "ghost" in the northern part of the Milky Way at a distance of 1,400 light years away from our planet.



Astronaut of the 33th expedition to the ISS, Kevin Ford, smiling at us while in the laboratory «Destiny».



American commercial truck «Dragon» safely returned to Earth, drive in the Pacific Ocean. The next flight to the ISS is scheduled for January next year.



Hurricane Sandy over Cuba and Jamaica. Photo satellite Suomi.



Interesting details recorded unit «Cassini» on the surface of Saturn. It turns out that the storm, which took place a long time ago the world was much more powerful than scientists thought. Moreover, the consequences of it can be seen on the planet so far.



Flying Laboratory, NASA flies over the highest point of Antarctica, the peak of Vinson, in the same array. The project «Icebridge» was launched on October 12 and will end in November. His goal - to explore the changes in the ice cover on the mainland.



The second part of the long-term ISS-33/34 before leaving the Baikonur: Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitsky, Yevgeny Tarelkin.



Stock spacesuits.



Delivery of the rocket in Baikonur.



Sea ice off the coast of Greenland imprinted instrument MODIS, located at the satellite NASA «Aqua».



Scientists studying Mercury, named this picture biscuits, according to the similarity of the same character in "Sesame Street." Near a large crater, there are two small, resembling the eye.



'54 Ago NASA launched the first space probe «Pioneer-1", which was not able to reach the moon, breaking only a third of the way, however, provided a 43-hour flight information.



Photos of the Helix Nebula. The unusual shape of a planetary nebula, immediately received the nickname of "the eye of God." By the way, it shows us the future of our sun in about 5 billion years.



Booster "Antares" is getting ready for a trial run. The Americans are planning to entrust it to her launch cargo to the ISS in the future.



About this we saw in October. On November we learn in a month.