Filipina Student beat 11,000 Competitors All Over the World in Science Competion

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A Filipina student from Leyte has bagged over P20-million worth of cash prizes after beating 11,000 other students from all over the world in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge (BJC), an annual international science competition.

The Filipina student from Palo, Leyte bagged $250,000 worth of college scholarship, $100,000 Breakthrough Prize Lab for her school, and $50,000 for her science teacher.

Watch Emirati probe to Mars: Expo 2020

The year of Expo Dubai will also see the launch of an Emirati probe to Mars – the first of its kind in the Arab world.

Learn more about the Probe

The Emirates Mars Mission spacecraft will be a compact, hexagonal-section spacecraft. It will be built from aluminium in a stiff but lightweight honeycomb structure and surfaced with a strong composite face-sheet. Its overall size and weight are comparable to a small car: it will weigh approximately 1,500 kg including fuel, and measure 2.37m wide by 2.90m tall.

About the Emirates Mars Mission

The Emirates Mars Mission orbiter is set to arrive at Mars in 2021 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UAE.
The rocket must blast off from Earth during a brief “launch window” in July 2020. This is because the Earth and Mars orbit the Sun at different rates, and are aligned at their closest point only once every two years. If any part of the mission is not ready in time or fails at the last minute, there may be no second chance.

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Launch of the SpaceX ISScargo Mission Video Replay

Missed launch of the SpaceX ISScargo mission or want to see it again? Watch it here! The SpaceX CRS-5 Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:47 a.m. EST.



According to Reuters, an unmanned Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Saturday carrying a cargo capsule for the International Space Station, then turned around to attempt an unprecedented landing on earth. Saturday's launch was SpaceX's 14th Falcon 9 flight and the fifth of 12 planned station resupply missions under its $1.6 billion contract with NASA.

Video- Meteorite falls in Russian Urals

Meteorite falls in the Russian Urals mid-morning on Friday- February 15, 2013. Reports said at least 400 people sustained injuries and wounds caused by broken glass from explosions after meteor fragments fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region.

The Emergency Ministry said in a statement that three persons were brought to the hospital in serious condition. Spokesman Vadim Kolesnikov also said the roof of a zinc factory had collapsed, although it wasn’t clear whether or not the facility was directly hit by meteorites.

There were conflicting reports as to the exact number of meteors that fell in the Ural Mountains. Irina Rossius, one of the interior ministry’s spokesperson told The Associated Press there was a meteor shower, but another spokeswoman named Elena Smirnikh said in another news report that there was only one.

AxeApollo Contest- Video Mechanics

Watch the video mechanics on how to join AxeApollo contest. AXE is going where only the elite few have gone before, giving fans the ultimate out-of-this-world experience: a trip to space.

Unilever is offering a chance for 22 people – including one Canadian – to travel to outer space with the Amsterdam-based Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) as part of a new global promotion supporting the launch of its new Axe Apollo line of personal grooming products

Spread the Word! Just visit http://www.axeapollo.com/.

Google Earth goes Live on Mars- Video

Explore Mars in Google Earth 5.0. Be the first human to view images from NASA, take a narrated tour by Mars experts, view 3D rover models and search for famous Martian landmarks. Download athttp://earth.google.com/mars

Based on the Google Earth webpage, with Google Mars, you can view images downloaded by NASA almost real time—with just a few hours’ delay, in a layer called "Live from Mars."

With Mars in Google Earth, you can:

View images downloaded by NASA just hours ago, in the Live from Mars layer

Take an interactive tour of Mars, narrated by Public Radio's Ira Flatow or Bill Nye the Science Guy

View 3D rover models and follow their tracks to see high-resolution 360-degree panoramas

Search for famous Martian landmarks, such as the Face on Mars or Olympus Mons