[ad_1] It’s unclear as to how exactly the coronavirus pandemic affected Bigelow — aerospace manufacturing is deemed an essential industry by the government, meaning the company would be allowed to continue its operations despite any mandated business closures. The company has been facing issues over the past several years, though. The slightly eccentric founder of […]
Category: Space
SpaceX Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 test flight is still scheduled for May
[ad_1] SpaceX has been putting Crew Dragon to the test for quite a while now, successfully making sure that its engine, launch escape system and the capsule as a whole are working perfectly. The manned flight in May, which will ferry astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the space station, is the last test […]
SpaceX aborts Falcon 9 launch with rare ‘Liftoff! Disregard’ sequence
[ad_1] Apparently, the launch was aborted automatically by the Falcon 9’s onboard computer after it detected a Merlin 1D engine issue. During the commentary, SpaceX supervisor Michael Andrews noted that it had a “condition regarding engine power that caused us to abort today’s launch.” SpaceX later added, via a tweet: “Standing down today; standard auto-abort […]
NASA warns Moon base plans might slip by a year
[ad_1] Loverro stressed that NASA wasn’t ditching the Gateway. Rather, he saw the administration pursuing a slower spending increase that would help attract foreign partners. The statements (along with delays in Boeing’s Space Launch System) suggest that NASA’s schedule for the Artemis program might be too aggressive. Critics have argued that the White House’s timetable, […]
Tracking down unexpected sources of light pollution
[ad_1] Altair tried to find the best observation spots by tapping the Light Pollution Map created by Jurij Stare, with data sourced from NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and the NOAA’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). That led him to wonder where a lot of stray light pollution was coming from in spots […]
Blue Origin shows off the engine and nose cone of its reusable rocket
[ad_1] The nose cone (fairing) for the New Glenn rocket is enormous to say the least — in fact, it’s big enough to swallow the entire New Shepherd rocket. As such, it’s “sized to fit almost 50 percent more [payload volume] than the next competitor,” said New Glenn VP Jarrett Jones. “At seven meters [23 […]
SpaceX launches its original Dragon capsule for the last time
[ad_1] Falcon 9 booster has landed on Landing Zone 1 – our 50th landing of a rocket booster! pic.twitter.com/RGwOyJs1Sl — SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 7, 2020 The Dragon spacecraft used for this launch reached the ISS twice in the past, first for a resupply mission in February 2017 and then again in December 2018. Also, the […]
The company behind the robotic arms that help us explore Mars
[ad_1] Maxar Technologies knows a thing or two about building space-based systems. The company has been developing and deploying satellite technology since 1969. It’s built robotic arms for NASA since the Apollo era, as well as for commercial customers — over 75 in total. In fact, all five robotic arms currently on the surface of […]
‘Cosmos: Possible Worlds’ finds hope for humanity in a hopeless era
[ad_1] “This season is based on my belief that we have what it takes to get to a real exciting future,” Druyan said in an interview with Engadget. “I base my belief on stories of the courage of our ancestors, the generations of searchers for the truth who have been willing to die, to stand […]
Lettuce grown on the ISS is as nutritious as Earth harvests, scientists find
[ad_1] The main difference between the two is that the ISS vegetables have more microorganisms, but that’s probably just because of the microflora that live on the space station. None of them, however, are harmful to humans, such as E. coli and Salmonella. The scientists’ findings are significant, because they tell us that we can […]