[ad_1] Astronomers previously believed that the galaxy was made of two separate sets of stars, but exactly how or when they came together was a mystery. Using the Gaia space telescope, these researchers were able to take more precise measurements of the position, brightness and distance of roughly one million stars. They also looked at […]
Category: Space
How long is that in moon years?
[ad_1] Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Listen project has teamed with the researchers at VERITAS Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System in hopes of finding signs of intelligent life, and then communicating with it, via high tech Morse code. Specifically, the VERITAS’s 4-telescope array will beam nanosecond long bursts of laser energy into the cosmos, hopefully […]
NASA’s Orion crew capsule is ready for its uncrewed trip to the Moon
[ad_1] The first crewed mission is Artemis 2, currently slated for 2022. The capsule is a relatively complex beast. It has enough survival equipment for 21 days of active crew time, a modern cockpit, automatic docking and a whopping 12 engines. It needs that volume of equipment, though. It’s meant to be the main crew […]
Neil Armstrong’s Buzz Aldrin photo is unparalleled in art
[ad_1] When the first manned missions started, NASA had more to worry about than photography. In fact, the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth, John Glenn, picked up a $40 Minolta Ansco Autoset 35mm camera himself from a Florida camera shop. The third man in space, Walter Schirra, did the same thing, but went […]
The race back to the Moon
[ad_1] Bound for the Moon: Apollo 11 preparation in photosAlan Taylor,The Atlantic Sure, this more Recommended Looking, but this photo essay is a fascinating look at the process of prepping Apollo 11 for its historic mission. ‘We did the impossible’: What it was like inside Apollo 11’s Mission ControlAshley Strickland,CNN A look inside Mission Control […]
The sneakers inspired by Apollo 11 and the Moon landing
[ad_1] Nike Air Max Lunar90 SP “Moon Landing” Five years ago, on July 14th, 2014, Nike introduced what are arguably the best Moon landing-inspired sneakers to date: the Air Max Lunar 90 SP “USA.” The sportswear giant took one of its most iconic models, the Tinker Hatfield-designed Air Max 90, and donned it with midsole […]
Watch astronauts reach space on Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary
[ad_1] The mission is a relatively routine one, but symbolizes how much spaceflight and the US space program have changed in half a century, for better or for worse. In 1969, the US and Russia were the only two countries to have sent people into space — while they’re still dominant, it’s now common for […]
How HoloLens is helping advance the science of spaceflight
[ad_1] Microsoft and NASA’s partnership began on June 28th, 2015 as part of Project Sidekick when a SpaceX supply rocket docked with the ISS and delivered the headsets to the waiting astronauts. “HoloLens and other virtual and mixed reality devices are cutting edge technologies that could help drive future exploration and provide new capabilities to […]
Did Frankenstein go to the Moon?
[ad_1] Frankenstein & Sons was founded in 1854 and operated out of the Victoria Rubber Works in Newton Heath, Manchester. During the Second World War, it started producing highly sophisticated survival gear for aircrew. For a while, Britain protected some of its convoys with Hawker Hurricane fighters that launched from merchant vessels retrofitted with rocket-propelled […]
2020 Corvette adds NFC, 1080p and OTA updates
[ad_1] Standing in the shadow of the Apollo missions, 50 years later.NASA’s plan to return to the Moon with Project Artemis NASA’s Project Artemis (aptly named as the goddess of hunting is Apollo’s twin sister) aims to take humans back to the Moon by 2024. But there are many lingering questions about the destination, the […]