SPACE WALLPAPER: The Boomerang Nebula
The Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far. It is in the constellation of Centaurus, 5000 light-years from Earth.
The Boomerang Nebula is a young planetary nebula and the coldest object found in the Universe so far. It is in the constellation of Centaurus, 5000 light-years from Earth.
As of 2009, the United Kingdom is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability.
In all there were only four Black Arrow launches. The UK government canceled the program in July 1971. The fourth and final launch was allowed after the programs canceling; allowing the Prospero scientific satellite to be launched from the Woomera site in Australia. The Prospero satellite was used to test equipment for future satellites and to conduct a scientific experiment to measure the incidence of micrometeoroids. It had an external shape similar to a pumpkin, with an equatorial diameter of 1.2 m and a height of 0.7 m. Its anticipated life was 100 years.
This launch made the United Kingdom the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit on its own rocket. It also was the UK’s only satellite launch.
