First live broadcast from space with a 3D camera

The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a camera that has conducted the first live broadcast in three dimensions of the International Space Station (ISS). The first images of the ISS 3D were taken on 6 in August . NASA astronaut Ron Garan, was asked to use the camera Erasmus Binocular (ERB-2) which has become "a new window on the ISS", as pointed out by ESA. The agency has stressed that thanks to this camera viewers will have "a better view of the depth" of the craft and bodies "floating" of the occupants. The ERB-2 has a size "not much larger than a shoe box, "with High Definition optical and advanced electronics. This is the second generation of the family of stereo cameras developed by the ESA. The issue was first seen from the European Space Research Centre and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Holland, where the "spectators" wore glasses polarized, similar to those used in cinemas. As he pointed out the ESA, the public "was impressed with the quality of the images was almost real."

A simple telescope to see the asteroid that 'touched' the Earth

That night, around 00.28 hours has been a unique astronomical event.

This is the Asteroid 2005 YU55, which has been seen with a simple backyard telescope by hand (about 15 inches in diameter), and even with good binoculars . It's been a bright spot more between the light coming from other stars much farther away.

At a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour, the asteroid 2005 YU55, which measures 400 meters in diameter, almost 'has brushed' the Earth's atmosphere in astronomical terms. At the time of closest approach, found 320,000 kilometers away , to 0.85 lunar distances, ie, closer than the moon.

Those who have managed to capture their movement may have noticed, though slower than an airplane, but enough to capture how it moves in real time.

Discovered six years ago by Robert McMillan Spacewatch telescope at the Observatory of the University of Arizona, 2005 YU55 was found again in April 2010. In 1976 also came to Earth , even more than now, but then went unnoticed .