Crescent Moon, Nov 09, 2011

According to The Guardian, tourism already accounts for about 18 percent of the economy in Greece. In the current economic crisis, the Greek government is making initiatives to try to lessen the impact. With approximately 52 percent of all visitors to Greece coming between July and September, priority is being given to encouraging alternative tourism which will bring visitors outside of the high season, such as agritourism and religious tourism. In order to generate foreign investment in the tourism sector Greece has taken steps to make this easier. In addition, landing and takeoff fees for aircraft have been waived and visa restrictions for non-EU citizens have been lifted.

Despite the ‘doom and gloom’ Crescent Moon can report that our contacts in Halkidiki tell us that it is business as usual for them. Not only tourists but Greeks have continued to happily holiday in the area. Perhaps because of the depressing news all the time, escapism is still high on the agenda. And what better place to escape to than the beautiful pine-clad hills and Blue Flag beaches of Halkidiki.

ASTEROID Passed Earth, Nov 09, 2011

Giant asteroid passes near Earth BBC News An asteroid that is 400m (1300ft) wide has passed by Earth, much to the delight of astronomers. Although invisible to the naked eye, scientists said they spotted strange structures on its surface as it spun past at 30000mph (48 280.32 km/h). ... See all stories on this topic »

Asteroid passes at lunchtime SunLive Read More An asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zipped passed Earth at 12.28pm today, but it wasn't able to be seen from New Zealand. Asteroid 2005 YU 55 passed by Earth about 338000km from the planet, closer than the Moon is to Earth. ... See all stories on this topic »

Giant Asteroid Passes Between Earth and Moon WKRC TV Cincinnati Just open your QR barcode reader/scanner app on your phone, place the scanner over the appropriate image below and it will take you to download the app! Catch the latest news, weather and sports on your iPhone or iPod touch with the Mobile Local News ... See all stories on this topic »

Giant asteroid to pass close to Earth Tuesday KENS 5 TV The closest approach will occur at 6:28 pm ET (5:28 pm CST) when the asteroid passeswithin 202000 miles of our planet, NASA said. The space agency classified the asteroid as a "potentially hazardous object." If the asteroid were to crash into Earth, ... See all stories on this topic »

News of the Day From Across the Nation San Francisco Chronicle 2 Asteroid passes: The largest asteroid to pass close to Earth in decades hurtled by Tuesday, appearing as only a faint streaking glow on average telescopes but lighting up NASA's powerful radar screens. The 1300-foot-wide asteroid came within roughly ... See all stories on this topic »

Giant Asteroid Passes Close To Earth - Louisville News Story ... (CNN) -- An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier passed within the moon's orbit Tuesday, the closest approach by an object that large in more than 30 years. ... Tuesday, November 8, 2011. WLKY.com - Most Popular - National News

BBC News - Giant asteroid passes near Earth A 400m-wide asteroid passes by Earth, on a path closer to the planet than the Moon, much to the delight of astronomers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634

Large Asteroid Passes Close to Earth | News | English The Voice of America is one of the world's most trusted sources for news and information from the United States and around the world. VOA is a multimedia news ... www.voanews.com/.../Large-Asteroid-Passes-Close-to-Earth-1...

Cameras click as asteroid passes by Earth (video) - CBS News As 2005 YU55 zipped by today, NASA got its closest-ever look at near-Earth object. www.cbsnews.com/.../cameras-click-as-asteroid-passes-by-eart...

Aircraft Carrier-Sized Asteroid 2005 YU55 Passes ... - Sky News New pictures have been released of a mountain-sized asteroid that will come within three hours of hitting the Earth. news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16105605

Asteroid Passes Near Earth, Moon | Video - ABC News YU55, the largest asteroid to pass in 35 years, will not collide with Earth. abcnews.go.com/GMA/.../asteroid-pass-earth-moon-14903824

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MARS Phobos Moon Mission News, Nov 09, 2011

Phobos-Grunt Mars probe loses its way just after launch BBC News US participation comes in the form of the space advocacy group, The Planetary Society, which is sending its Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) on Phobos-Grunt. This package of hardy micro-organisms will make the journeys out and back inside ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

NASA's Biggest Mars Rover Yet to Launch This Month Space.com 8), when Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft failed set course for the Red Planet shortly after launching into space. The Phobos-Grunt mission is an ambitious project to collect samples from the Mars moon Phobos. Russian engineers are working to try and ... See all stories on this topic »

Around the world Arizona Daily Star MOSCOW - Russia has launched an unmanned probe on a daring mission to reach Phobos, a moon of Mars, and to fly samples of its soil back to Earth. The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster rocket at 12:16 am... See all stories on this topic »

As Kodak Takes One Small Step Back From Space Race, Platinum Invests Wall Street Journal (blog) According to an August press release from Kodak, the company's imaging products were also set to be included on Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt, which is scheduled to launch today and is on a mission to land on the Mars moon Phobos in 2013. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Global Note: Syria's “Disaster”…Berlusconi On The Ropes…Sarkozy Calls ... ABC News (blog) Alexandra NADEZHDINA reports scientists saying today that Russia's ambitious mission to bring back soil samples from the Martian moon Phobos will pave the way for the exploration of the Red Planet. The launch of the Phobos-Grunt mission, Russia's first ... See all stories on this topic »

Monrovia, Liberia: Liberians vote despite call for runoff boycott Tulsa World Russia has launched an unmanned probe on a daring mission to reach Phobos, a moon of Mars, and to fly samples of its soil back to Earth. The craft was successfully launched Wednesday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.... See all stories on this topic »

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 November 2011 Space Ref (press release) FOBOS-GRUNT Launch: If everything goes as planned, Russia will launch its FOBOS-GRUNT (Phobos-Soil) probe to Mars tonight at 7:16pm EST on a Zenit-2SB/Fregat rocket. The Phobos Sample Return Mission PhSRM, which is also carrying a Chinese Mars ... See all stories on this topic » Space Ref (press release)

Russian probe blasts off to Mars Ninemsn The initial launch went smoothly and Phobos-Grunt went into its initial orbit of the Earth, from which it will then be slung out towards Mars around five hours after lift-off, mission control said. If all goes to plan, Phobos-Grunt should reach Mars in ... See all stories on this topic »

Cain campaign attacks accuser...Italian leader to step down...Ohio decides ... 9&10 News MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has launched an unmanned probe on a mission to reach a moon of Mars and fly samples of its soil back to Earth. The flight to the moon Phoboswould be the first interplanetary mission launched by Moscow since the Soviet times.... See all stories on this topic »

Follow From the Wires Salon By Vladimir Isachenkov, AP MOSCOW (AP) — Russia launched an unmanned probe on a daring mission to reach Phobos, a moon of Mars, and to fly samples of its soil back to Earth. The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 ... See all stories on this topic »

Follow From the Wires Salon The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Soil) craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster rocket at 12:16 am Moscow time Wednesday (2016 GMT Tuesday) from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It separated from the booster about 11 minutes ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian Probe Launched To Phobos, Mars' Moon, Fails By The Huffington Post News Editors If the controllers fail to bring the Phobos-Ground back to life, the tons of highly toxic fuel it carries would turn it into the most dangerous manmade object ever to fall from orbit, Oberg warned. "About seven tons of nitrogen teroxide and hydrazine, ... The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Phobos-Grunt and Phobos LIFE, with Yinghuo-1, have launched ... I am ecstatic to report that at 20:16 UTC, millions of passengers on board the Planetary Society's Phobos LIFE biomodule launched into space inside the Phobos ... planetary.org/blog/article/00003249/

The Space Review: Phobos sample return launches tomorrow The Planetary Society's Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) capsule, ...will be launched on a 33-month roundtrip journey to the Martian moon Phobos, ... www.thespacereview.com/article/1966/1

Russia launches rocket to Mars' moon Phobos - video | Science ... ... a soil sample from Mars' moon Phobos has been launched by Russian scientists. ...They hope to find out whether life could have evolved on one planet and ... www.guardian.co.uk/.../russia-mars-moon-phobos-video?...

Phobos-Grunt launching today in a bid to collect Mars moondust ... 8, 2011 - Russia is hoping to launch its Phobos-Grunt spacecraft today in a bid to ...will have a canister placed on board Phobos-Grunt called Phobos LIFE. ... www.geek.com/.../phobos-grunt-launching-today-in-a-bid-to-...

Phobos-Grunt Mars probe loses its way just after launch By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News The Phobos-Grunt probelaunched successfully but then failed to fire the engine to put it on the correct ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15631472

BBC News - Phobos-Grunt Mars probe loses its way just after launch The Phobos-Grunt probe launched successfully but then failed to fire the engine .... is sending its Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) on Phobos-Grunt. ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15631472

Phobos-Grunt and Phobos LIFE, with Yinghuo-1, have launched ... by Bruce Betts I am ecstatic to report that at 20:16 UTC, millions of passengers on board the Planetary Society's Phobos LIFE biomodule launched into space ... portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/157249/

Video: Russia launches rocket to explore surface of Mars' moon ... Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft mission, the country's first interplanetary flight ...The goal is to test part of a theory that life could have evolved on one planet ... www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Russia-launches-rocket-to-explore-sur...

Russian Probe Launched To Phobos, Mars' Moon, Fails The unmanned Phobos-Ground craft was successfully launched by a Zenit-2 booster ...If the controllers fail to bring the Phobos-Ground back to life, the tons of ... www.huffingtonpost.com/.../russian-probe-mars-moon-fails-p...

Russia Launches Spacecraft to Grab Pieces of Mars' Moon Phobos ... Russia launched its Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars today. ... One is a capsule full of microbes, an experiment looking into how life forms survive and behave over ... www.space.com/13545-russia-launches-mars-sample-phobos-...

Planetary Scientists Hope to Bring Back Mars Moondust: Scientific ... The spacecraft, called Phobos-Grunt, launches as soon as November 8th. ... If all goes according to plan, the critters in Phobos LIFE will spend three years in ... www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id...to...

Robotic spacecraft to Mars' moon Phobos launched by ... - Onion Live The two-stage Zenit-2SB launch vehicle carrying the Phobos-Grunt probe lifted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan at 2016 GMT Tuesday. ... onionlive.com/.../robotic-spacecraft-to-mars-moon-phobos-lau...

WAFF | World's Armed Forces Forum: Watch Russia's Phobos-Grunt ... Hours after launch, officials report 'no telemetry' from Phobos-Grunt probe ... The "Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment," also known as Phobos LIFE, was ... www.network54.com/.../Watch+Russia's+Phobos-Grunt+missi...

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