Posts Tagged 'space exploration'
First Flight of Worlds Largest Airplane [video]
Published April 16, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: aircraft, Scaled Composites, space exploration, Stratolaunch, video
Can’t Call A Plumber When The Space Station Toilet Leaks
Published February 12, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: International Space Station, ISS, NASA, plumber, plumbing, space exploration, toilet leak, water leak
According to Popular Science –
Unfortunately, installing a new toilet is space is as messy as it is here on Earth. According to NASA, the leak sprung while astronauts on the American side of the station were unhooking a connection point from the potable water system. About 2.5 gallons of water spilled out, and the astronauts had to soak it all up using—what else—towels!
China Lands A Rover On The Moon’s Far Side
Published January 8, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Chang'e 4 probe, China, dark side, far side moon, moon, science, space exploration
China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft achieved the milestone at 10:26 a.m. on Jan. 3 in Beijing (6:26 p.m. PT on Jan. 2), with the country’s space agency landing its lunar probe in Von Karman crater on the moon’s mysterious far side.
A Flight Above Mars [video]
Published January 4, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: astronomy, JPL, Mars, NASA, space exploration, University of Arizona, video
Most-Distant Object Gets Visit By NASA on 1/1/19
Published December 31, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 2014 MU69, astronomy, KBO, Kuiper Belt, New Horizons, space exploration, Ultima Thule
According to Popular Science –
Get ready to meet 2014 MU69 (unofficially known as Ultima Thule), an object a billion miles beyond Pluto and 4.1 billion from Earth itself. On January 1, at around 12:33 a.m. Eastern Time, New Horizons will make get to within 2,200 miles away fromMU69—which sounds like quite a distance, but is actually three times closer than how far the spacecraft was from Pluto during its 2015 flyby (when it managed to capture many stunning images).
50 Years Ago Man First Visited The Moon
Published December 24, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1968, Apollo 8, Bill Anders, Frank Borman, history, Jim Lovell, lunar mission, moon, NASA, space exploration
At first Bill Anders thought it was no big deal. He and his Apollo 8 crewmates, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, were on their fourth orbit of the moon, passing over the far side, farther from home than any human beings had ever been, when they happened to see the Earth beginning to peek out over the lunar horizon. It was December 24, 1968.
Mars InSight Mission Explained [video]
Published November 27, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: InSight, Mars, Mars InSight, NASA, space exploration, video
China Plans to Launch an ‘Artificial Moon’ to Light Up the Night
Published October 23, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Artificial Moon, astronomy, Chengdu, China, lighting, moon, satellite, space exploration, streetlight
Scientists are hoping to hang the man-made moon above the city of Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, according to a report in Chinese state media. The imitation celestial body — essentially an illuminated satellite — will bear a reflective coating to cast sunlight back to Earth, where it will supplement streetlights at night.
Also, this video pokes holes in the idea.
New Heat Shield Tech On NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
Published August 14, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, solar system, space exploration, thermal protection
That thermal protection system took 10 years to develop. It’s got two layers of carbon-fiber-reinforced carbon, which retains its structural properties in high heat. In between those layers is carbon foam, a material that’s mostly air and thus doesn’t transfer much heat. On top of that is an outer layer of aluminum oxide, a white material that reflects light.
Outtake Photos from Apollo 11’s 1969 Moon Landing
Published July 23, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Apollo 11, history, moon landing, NASA, photography, picture, space exploration
The first human set foot on the moon 49 years ago on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong emerged from the Apollo 11 lander. Along with the footage that was broadcast live on television, iconic images of the lunar expedition come from still photos the astronauts took themselves on a Hasselblad camera. The photos provide exceedingly crisp depictions of the lunar surface, the astronauts’ equipment and candid shots of the explorers themselves.
Included as well are less meticulously composed, almost accidental-looking images taken by the astronauts over the course of their mission.
12 New Moons Found Orbiting Jupiter
Published July 18, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: astronomy, Carnegie Institution for Science, Jupiter, planet, science, Scott Sheppard, space exploration, Víctor Blanco Telescope
Famed astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered the first four moons of Jupiter way back in the early 1600s. More than 400 years later, astronomers are still finding moons orbiting the solar system’s largest planet. We’re not just talking about one or two stragglers, either. Astronomers from the Carnegie Institution for Science have spotted 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total to 79.
All Rosetta Images Are Now Available Online
Published June 29, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ESA, European Space Agency, photography, picture, Rosetta, space exploration
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was one for the ages, providing an unprecedented look at this oddly shaped celestial object. The Rosetta probe captured nearly 100,000 images over the course of its mission, all of which are now freely available to the public in a single Rosetta archive.