Some thing interesting about space



The Planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker's dream of going to the Moon finally came true after he died.
When his ashes travelled to space inside the Lunar Prospector spacecraft.

                                           
                                                       All about Space!



 How many Humans have been into space?

Yuri Gagarin :

Yuri Gagarin

The Russian astronaut was the first human in space. He traveled once around Earth in Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961 in 108 minutes.


Valentina Tereshkova:                    

Valentina Tereshkova

On 16 June 1963, the first woman in space. She made 48 orbits of Earth in 71 hours.


Neil Armstrong:

 

Neil Armstrong

The first person to walk on the Moon, on 21july 1969, said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap of mankind."


Alexey Leonov:

 

Alexey Leonov

On 18march 1965, Leonov became the first person to spacewalk. Attached to a tether, he walked in space for a total of 10 minutes.


Dennis Tito:

Dennis Tito

American Dennis Tito paid US $20 million to become the first space tourist on 28 April 2001, In seven days he orbited Earth 128 times.

Five famous diamonds

                                   Five famous diamonds

Star of Africa(530.2 carats):
 

Star of Africa

 In 1908 this diamond was mounted in the Royal Sceptre, part of the British crown jewels.

Millennium Star (203 carats):


 

Millennium Star

 Discovered in 1990, it took three years for lasers to cut and shape this pear-shaped diamond.

Regent (140.5 carats):

 

Regent

Found in 1698 by an Indian slave who hid it in a wound in his leg, it was stolen by an English sea captain. In 1812, it was used to decorate Napoleon's sword.

K oh-i-noor (105.6 carats): 

K oh-i-noor

 Since 1304, it has belonged to various Indian and Persian rulers, but became part of  the British crown jewels after Queen Victoria became Empress of India in 1877.

Blue Hope (45.5 carats): 

Blue Hope

  One of the most famous owners of this cursed diamond (pictured),Marie Antoinette, wife of king Louis XVI of France, was beheaded in 1793, during the French Revolution.