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50 years of women in space
On 16 June 1963, the Soviet Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to orbit the Earth. Fifty years on, and there have been only 57 female astronauts for over 470 men!
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A new Cité de l'Espace
The space adventure park in Toulouse has completely redesigned and renewed its permanent exhibitions. The result is an interactive immersion into man's enthusiasm for the stars.
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@explorezmars: Curiosity live!
On Monday 6 August the Mars rover Curiosity should land on the red planet. From today Enjoy Space and Cité de l’Espace are offering you the chance to follow this event on Twitter, and then by video, direct from the NASA JPL in California!
Make NASA ring out
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| The “Download NASA Sounds” webpage or how to make your phone ring spatially. Credit: NASA/Enjoy Space |
Mobile phones got rid of the standard ringtone or the little, tasteless, synthetic melody indicating an incoming call quite a while ago now. But between an extract from the latest chart-topper, a dog barking, a bloodcurdling scream or other much more inappropriate noises, it is sometimes difficult to make an original or tasteful choice... So why not fly off to the stars every time someone tries to contact you on your mobile, NASA is offering a whole range of downloadable sounds free of charge on this website page. The files are in MP3 format so that they can be used on most smartphones available on the market, or in M4R format for Apple’s iPhone. The choice includes famous phrases from the Apollo programme or from the space shuttle saga with, for example, the roaring of Atlantis blasting off for STS-135 mission (the last one), or Sputnik’s historic beep. Given that on the majority of smartphones it is possible to assign a specific ringtone to a particular number, we will let you decide who you are going to allocate the ultra famous “Houston, we’ve had a problem” to... Click on this link to hear it.
Published on 23 September 2011
