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Rocket Tracked From Cooper’s Island
A tracking station in Bermuda served as an “ideal location” to track rockets, the French space agency said after a successful launch last month. In 2011 the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Government of Bermuda signed an agreement which authorized ESA to establish a temporary station on Cooper’s Island to track and receive telemetry... Read more of this article
Astrochimp’s 1961 Bermuda Splashdown
Chimpanzees are the forgotten link in America’s manned space programme — with the first, simian-piloted US space capsule to orbit the earth splashing down off Bermuda 50 years ago today [Nov. 29]. When the space programme was in its infancy in the early 1960s, the US National Aeronautics & Space Administration used chimps to test how... Read more of this article
Minister Meets Space Industry Executives
Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban met this week in Paris with space industry executives. In meetings with international network operators [including SES, Iridium, International Launch Services], industry associations and members of the financial community who invest in the space sector, Minister Roban outlined... Read more of this article
Minister: Satellite Conference In Paris
Next week Minister of Environment, Planning & Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban and Permanent Secretary Dr. Derrick Binns will attend the World Satellite Business Conference in Paris from September 11-16. “The Ministry is looking into the feasibility of creating a Space Enterprise Zone in Bermuda, building on our history of hosting a NASA tracking... Read more of this article
Video/Photo: Hurricane Katia From Space
External cameras aboard the International Space Station captured new video of Hurricane Katia as it moved northwest across the western Atlantic north of Puerto Rico at 10:35am EDT today [Sept.6]. Katia has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane packing winds of 125 miles an hour. Katia was a tropical storm gathering energy over the Atlantic... Read more of this article
Minister To Witness Shuttle Launch
Bermuda Transport Minister Terry Lister will have a ringside seat at the last launch of a Space Shuttle tomorrow [Jul. 8] as the US commemorates the decades-long cooperation between NASA and the island on America’s manned space programme. Mr. Lister is currently in Florida with Ministry of Transport Permanent Secretary Ellen-Kate Horton and... Read more of this article
Paschal Full Moon Lights The Night Sky
Tonight [Apr 17/18] saw the Paschal Full Moon which is traditionally seen just before Easter. The name “paschal” is derived the Hebrew word “pesach,” which is used to refer to Passover. The photos below of the Paschal Full Moon were taken off the east end of Bermuda. Joe Rao from Space.com said, “The first full moon of... Read more of this article
“Star Wars” Meets “Stargate” In Bermuda
The fictional ”Star Wars” and “Stargate” universes collided recently – in Bermuda. Two stars of the enduringly popular science fiction franchises met at last month’s Bermuda International Film Festival. But to the disappointment of geeks everywhere, they ended up discussing their mutual love of Bermuda rather... Read more of this article
Supermoon Seen Over Night Sky
A “Supermoon” — the largest full moon in 18 years — was visible in the night sky last night [Mar.19], and the photo below was captured from John Smiths Bay by Eddie McGonagle of the Astronomical Society of Bermuda. Mr McGonagle said, “At John Smiths Bay the handfull of watchers seemed more concerned with camera settings... Read more of this article
NASA Image Of The Day: Bermuda
A photo of Bermuda captured by a satellite in orbit is featured on NASA’s website today [Mar.17]. NASA said, “On March 14, 2011 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the Island of Bermuda glowing like a gem in the Atlantic Ocean.” “Sandy beaches... Read more of this article
Bermuda: ‘Unsung Heroes’ of Space Race
Bermuda’s NASA tracking station, at the end of Mercury Road on Cooper’s Island, adjacent to Clearwater Park, lies abandoned now, most of the facilities dismantled. But Cooper’s Island still retains signs from its heyday which began with the US/Soviet “space race” and ended after a 1997 space shuttle innovation rendered the station... Read more of this article
Roban: Insert Bermuda into Satellite Industry
[Updated with video] Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban spoke at a press conference this afternoon [Feb 3], and revealed that “there have been steps taken within our Ministry to insert the presence of Bermuda into the satellite industry,” and that the “European Space Agency has tentatively been... Read more of this article
Aerospace: Bermuda Has The Right Stuff
A new report says although the Isle of Man consistently “punches above its weight” and has created a profitable niche market providing off-shore advisory, professional and financial services to the global aerospace industry, Bermuda is an emerging competitor in the field. Released this week, the US Futron Corporation study on space competitiveness... Read more of this article
Photos: Lunar Eclipse Creates Reddish Moon
The planets aligned early this morning [Dec 21] to create the first total lunar eclipse for nearly 3 years. Despite cool temperatures across the island [56°F], a storm warning in effect, and cloudy skies – the lunar eclipse was still fairly visible across Bermuda. The photo below, taken at 4:10am from the east end of Bermuda, shows the reddish... Read more of this article
Tonight: Total Lunar Eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will take place tonight [Dec 20/21], and experts say it will be visible in the Northern hemisphere from around 2:30am to approximately 6am [Bermuda time]. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes behind the earth so that the earth blocks the sun’s rays from striking the moon. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth and Moon... Read more of this article
Tonight: Geminid Meteor Shower Expected
The Geminid meteor shower takes place each December, and this year experts say we can expect the display to start tonight [Dec 13] continuing into the pre dawn hours of tomorrow. The meteors in this shower appear to come from a radiant in the constellation Gemini, hence the shower’s name. The meteors travel at medium speed in relation to other... Read more of this article
