Stephen Hawking one step closer to space

Parapalegic Professor Stephen Hawking is scheduled to become weightless on April 26th. By following a parabolic up and down flight at 30,000 feet aboard a California based Boeing 727-200 owned by Zero Gravity Corp., the passengers and objects on board the aircraft will experience half a minute of weightlessness when at the top of the parabola.



According to Hawking, one of the goals before he dies is to travel into space. This goal might be accomplished with the help of billionaire Sir. Richard Branson who founded Virgin Galactic.

Solar Flares

A solar flare Saskboy posted about earlier that might put the norther lights into overdrive tonight, might also have some negative side affects as well.

According to CTV.ca, this same solar flair could cause damage to satellites in space, as well as power grids, and communication systems here on Earth. In 1989 a solar flair caused damage Hydro Quebecs systems and left six million customers without power for nine hours.

So have your flashlight, candles, and extra blankets ready tonight just in case the worst should happen.

Although NASA isn't expecting any danger to astronauts in space, they have advised them to sleep in parts of the space station and shuttle that have extra radiation shielding.

C.N.N. article about the solar storm

Space.com article about the solar storm

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