Damage to LHC

Experts have gone into the 17-mile circular tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border to examine the damage that halted operations about 36 hours after its September 10 startup. A CERN spokesman said that the problem seems to be a faulty electrical connection between two magnets that stopped superconducting and led to a mechanical failure and let helium out.

The Large Hadron Collider is the largest physics experiment in the history of mankind.

Writer Explains Particle Acceleration — In A Rap

I am reading this article, Writer Explains Particle Acceleration — In A Rap, on NPR's website.
According to this, the LHC will be down for the next few months because of damage to its cooling system.

U.S. Physicists Recall Brush With Supercollider Fame

I am reading this article, U.S. Physicists Recall Brush With Supercollider Fame
by Nell Greenfieldboyce, on NPR's website.
The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, is up and performing test runs from what I hear on NPR.

Voyager I

In 1977, Voyager I was launched.
Voyager II was launched two weeks later.

Russian Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station

I am reading this article, Russian Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station
By Tariq Malik, on Space.com.
According to this article, the current International Space Station crew members are Russia's Commander Sergei Volkov, Russia's Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko and NASA's Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff.
The automated space tug Progress 29 undocked from the station after delivering a payload to the space station from its launch site at Central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The European Space Agency's first Automated Transfer Vehile, Cargo Ship Jules Verne, is scheduled to undock from the space station on Friday.

Spica and the Moon

I saw the cresent Moon last night about 2000.
I did not see Spica.

Moon and Spica

I heard this story, Moon and Spica, on NPR this morning during StarDate's program.