Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1951 god.
A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika, 7 yanvarya 2001

Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1981 god.
A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika, 7 yanvarya 2001

Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1963 god.
A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika, 7 yanvarya 2001

Nablyudenie za sutochnym vrasheniem neba
9.01.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chto uvidel by chelovek, esli by mog smotret' na nebo, ne otryvayas', celuyu noch'? Esli rech' idet o nebe nad Nacional'noi Observatoriei Kitt Pik 23 dekabrya 2000 goda, to otvet na postavlennyi vopros daet demonstriruemaya zdes' uskorennaya s'emka, poluchennaya pri pomoshi ustanovlennoi na observatorii Nepreryvno rabotayushei kamery (CONtinuous CAMera ili sokrashenno CONCAM).

Pervoe zatmenie tret'ego tysyacheletiya
3.01.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Priblizhaetsya pervoe zatmenie tret'ego tysyacheletiya! Devyatogo yanvarya 2001 goda proizoidet polnoe lunnoe zatmenie, kotoroe mozhno budet nablyudat' glavnym obrazom v Evrope, Azii i Afrike: polnaya Luna proidet skvoz' dlinnuyu, pravda ne ochen' temnuyu zemnuyu ten'. Pochemu ne ochen' temnuyu?

Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1954 god.
A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika, 7 yanvarya 2001

Okonchatel'no poteryana svyaz' s mezhplanetnoi stanciei "Pioner-10"
28.01.2001 23:00 | Astronet

Specialisty NASA poteryali svyaz' s mezhplanetnoi stanciei "Pioner-10", soobshaet "Efir-daidzhest" (www.vor.ru/Efir_Daigest/index.html) so ssylkoi na radio "Eho Moskvy". Za 28 let prebyvaniya v kosmose, stanciya uletela ot Zemli na rasstoyanie v 11 milliardov kilometrov. Vosstanovit' svyaz' s "Pionerom-10" uchenye uzhe ne nadeyutsya.

Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1943 god.
A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika, 7 yanvarya 2001

Hronika osvoeniya kosmosa: 1984 god.
A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika, 7 yanvarya 2001

Lunnyi kater Apollona-17
5.01.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Chellendzher -- neuklyuzhii i uglovatyi lunnyi modul' kosmicheskogo korablya Apollon-17 - byl sproektirovan special'no dlya poletov v bezvozdushnom prostranstve. Na etom chetkom snimke, sdelannom s borta komandnogo modulya Amerika, zapechatlena vzletnaya stupen' Chellendzhera na okololunnoi orbite. Po bokam ot lunnogo modulya raspolozheny nebol'shie upravlyayushie reaktivnye dvigateli, a soplo samogo vzletnogo raketnogo dvigatelya nahoditsya snizu.