Proton M Launch Failure

A Russian Proton M failed at launch and exploded mid-air at the Baikonur Cosmodrome today. The rocket is carrying three Glonass satellites. 

Space Shuttle Enterprise

I finally saw the Space Shuttle Enterprise when I visited the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.

Enterprise was the first one to be built. Named after the fictional spaceship in Star Trek, the shuttle was used as a test bed by NASA, hitching the shuttle behind the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and releasing it in the atmosphere to fly, glide and land. The data from the testing was used in the construction of the rest of the shuttle fleet, which included the Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.

The Enterprise was retired in 1985. It was meant to be retrofitted as a replacement to Challenger after the 1986 disaster, but NASA built Endeavor instead. The shuttle became part of the Smithsonian Institution until 2011, when it was transferred to the Intrepid Museum. It was flown to New York on April 2012 and became part of the display.

Displayed inside the Intrepid are items related to the Enterprise and the space shuttle program. 

Meteor Explodes over Russia

A meteor fell in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia on February 15, 2013

Another video of the exploding meteor

First Photo of Earth from Mars

The Mars Exploration rover Spirit took the first picture of the earth from the red planet. The photo - snapped by one of the rover's panoramic camera - was taken one hour before sunrise on 63rd sol, or Martian day, of the mission.

via Earth Space Circle blog