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Voyager: Outward bound
Ed Stone has spent 36 years guiding the twin Voyager spacecraft through the Solar System. Next stop, interstellar space.
The 44 notebooks lined up neatly in Ed Stone’s office span just half a metre of shelf space. But inside these journals, in meticulous black printing, Stone has chronicled the longest journey that humans have ever launched.
Since they left Earth in 1977, the twin Voyager spacecraft have conducted pioneering explorations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, revealing these gas giants and their moons to be far more active than scientists had expected. Now the two probes are cruising towards the edge of the Solar System — a boundary that has yet to be crossed by any emissary from Earth.
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Image Courtesy: Nik Spencer/Nature

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Voyager: Outward bound

Ed Stone has spent 36 years guiding the twin Voyager spacecraft through the Solar System. Next stop, interstellar space.

The 44 notebooks lined up neatly in Ed Stone’s office span just half a metre of shelf space. But inside these journals, in meticulous black printing, Stone has chronicled the longest journey that humans have ever launched.

Since they left Earth in 1977, the twin Voyager spacecraft have conducted pioneering explorations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, revealing these gas giants and their moons to be far more active than scientists had expected. Now the two probes are cruising towards the edge of the Solar System — a boundary that has yet to be crossed by any emissary from Earth.

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Image Courtesy: Nik Spencer/Nature

amazing and scary

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theworldsgame:

Chelsea have been looking for a replacement for Didier Drogba for the last year, and I think they finally found their guy in the form of goalkeeper Ross Turnbull’s son Josh. Rumor is that Chelsea is prepared to offer his nursery school £20 for his signature.

:)

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afootballreport:

David Beckham, conquerer of nations, retires

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Thanks for bringing me into the game Beckham!

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The Nike Hypervenom Phantom, which is going replace the Nike T90 Laser boot line this summer. Not bad! :D

Best Teaser Ever! From 2009, gave me the chills!

kicktv:

David Beckham. Superstar. Pride of England. Icon. [Art by LB]

My first soccer hero retires :/

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Punch it!

Can’t wait for this movie!!!! :D

Manchester United Champions 2013

:D

Reblogged from Its not just a game,its a way of life.

foxsoccer:

Pure joy

Today Wigan Athletic, a team that’s battling to stay above the relegation zone beat Manchester City, a team currently in second place in the Premier League, there odds of winning were low but they broke those odds and became champions winning their first FA cup trophy :’)

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Man United to test Tottenham with Bale bid

foxsoccer:

Manchester United is keen to flex its muscles in the transfer market, with Sir Alex Ferguson setting his sights on newly crowned PFA Player of the Year - Gareth Bale. Fergie missed out on signing the winger when he moved from Southampton to Spurs - will he miss out for a second time? For more rumors about this and Jose Mourinho’s future click here.