Bol'shoi Kan'on pri svete Luny
30.03.2012 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Na etom ocharovatel'nom nochnom peizazhe, sfotografirovannom 26 marta, nad zapadnym gorizontom visit molodaya Luna v soedinenii s yarkoi planetoi Veneroi. Na perednem plane v lunnom svete sverkaet reka Kolorado, kotoraya v'etsya po dnu Bol'shogo Kan'ona. Vse eto velikolepie otkryvaetsya glazu s vershiny yuzhnoi steny kan'ona — Lipan-Point.

Sled rakety v Mlechnom Puti
29.03.2012 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Rannim utrom 27 marta pyat' meteorologicheskih raket vzleteli v nebo s kosmodroma NASA Uollops. Rakety byli zapusheny posledovatel'no, s 80-sekundnym intervalom v 4:58 po Vostochnomu vremeni v ramkah Raketnogo Eksperimenta po Anomal'nomu Transportu (Anomalous Transport Rocket EXperiment ATREX).