Why Space Travel Matters More Than Ever
While the Virgin Galactic disaster may be tragic, we can not let it hinder the future of space travel. It will always be a goal worth pursuing.
While the Virgin Galactic disaster may be tragic, we can not let it hinder the future of space travel. It will always be a goal worth pursuing.
It still costs a fortune to lift crews and cargo into space. So until we get around to building that space elevator, NASA will just have to use this drone-towed, pilot-less, rocket-launching glider instead.
No one was hurt in the explosion, except the spirits of all the schoolchildren who packed science projects into the craft.
There's a hole in Jupiter! No, just kidding: that's actually just the shadow of the Jovian moon, Ganymede, above the planet's Great Red Spot, captured by NASA Goddard.
The rocket, which was carrying 5,000 lbs of non-urgent supplies to the ISS, was given a self-destruct command shortly after lift off. Thankfully nobody was hurt.
Once-thought-Impossible innovations are entering our world at an accelerating pace. From tricorders to tractor beams, science fiction's time is now (or soonish at least).
Wont lie, a lot of it is just interference-sounding stuff – but there are some belters in here too.
You're looking at the James Webb Space Telescope as it's lowered into NASA's Goddard Thermal Vacuum Chamber. Inside the dark cavern, it is subjected to the same hostile environments as it will experience in space.
Afters travelling millions of years at the leisurely pace of about 33 miles per second, the comet will fly by Mars at around 7:25pm BST or so, passing only 138,000 kilometres from the red planet.
The spike in drone popularity created a headache for the authorities, who have moved to regulate the infant industry, and make using them safer. The latest proposal: an air-traffic control system based on cellular networks.
Documenting in-the-moment details can be tricky—the press site for photographers is three miles from the pad itself. That just wasn't close enough for Dan Winters.
Here's a photo of the Sun looking like a Jack O'Lantern taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on October 8, 2014, a blend of two light wavelengths (171 and 193 angstrom.)
I hope they continue with the saga because these made me laugh hard. How about you?
Open the pod bay doors, Elon: this $17.8m inflatable space room has received the ISS green light.
These are tiny glimpses into large worlds, and each is undoubtedly as rich and full of character as our own planet.
Yesterday was the 55th anniversary of a grainy shot of the far side of the moon. It didn't show us very much, but it was still an achievement.
