Kosmicheskii korabl' nomer 1
27.06.2003 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Podveshennyi k sdvoennomu turboreaktivnomu nositelyu "Belyi rycar'", nad Zemlei reet Kosmicheskii korabl'-1. Snimok poluchen vo vremya nedavnego ispytatel'nogo poleta. Kosmicheskii korabl' sproektirovan i postroen na osnove noveishih kosmicheskih tehnologii inzhenerom Bertom Ratanom (Burt Rutan) sovmestno s kompaniei Scaled Composites. Korabl' budet uchastvovat' v nominacii na prisuzhdenie premii X, razmer kotoroi sostavlyaet 10 millionov dollarov.

Serp Zemli v polnoch'
21.06.2003 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Na etom snimke s orbity pokazan zemnoi serp - osveshennyi Solncem krai severnogo polushariya Zemli. Snimok poluchen v mestnuyu polnoch' geostacionarnym sputnikom GOES-8 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) 22 iyunya 1996 goda, to est' cherez dva dnya posle solncestoyaniya. Po astronomicheskim predstavleniyam, v etot den' nachinaetsya leto v severnom i zima v yuzhnom polusharii Zemli.