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A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Solomon Islands
Jan 9th
On Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Pacific’s Solomons group of Islands. According to officials there was no threat of a widespread tsunami.
The quake hit at a depth of 38 km at about 3:00 pm some 350 km east of Kirakira, the main city of the Solomons’ major island, Makira.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was “no destructive widespread tsunami threat” based on historical data.
“However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometres of the More >
Atlantis bid final farewell to ISS and headed to Home!
Jul 21st
Atlantis bid final farewell to International Space Station and headed towards home. Atlantis was set to land at 5:56 am (0956 GMT), making it a rare night landing, and NASA was describing a “gorgeous night at the Kennedy Space Center.”
The crew of Atlantis on Tuesday bade a bittersweet goodbye to the International Space Station ending the final visit by a space shuttle to ISS. The crew of Atlantis began deorbit procedures from the ISS at 0628 GMT about 350 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean to begin its final return to Earth. “Thanks so much for hosting us. It’s a great station, and it’s been an absolute pleasure,” Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson said of his crew’s eight-day stay at the ISS.
“We’ll miss you guys. Godspeed, soft landing and we’ll see you back on Earth in the fall,” space station crewmember Ronald Garan, a Nasa flight engineer, said as Atlantis floated away. “It’s been an incredible ride,” said Ferguson of the final shuttle mission. “We will never forget the role that the space shuttle played in (the station’s) creation,” he said. “Farewell ISS, make us proud.”
Final inspections of the shuttle’s heat shield, which protects More >
Earthquake of 7.4 strikes the northern coast of Japan once again
Jul 11th
Japan Earthquake: After last March’s disaster quake and tsunami along with nuclear crisis another quake of magnitude 7.4 stroked the north eastern Japan on Sunday once again triggering a Tsunami alert. There was no sign of further damage along the coast or to the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The massive 9.0 earthquake hit March 11th and wreaked havoc on the region including shaking up Japanese nuclear plants and causing cooling system failures and radiation leaks. Thousands had to evacuate the area as plant workers battled to stop the nuclear plants from causing even more damage More >