Mercury may have a poor rep for being responsible for technology glitches, travel delays and communication breakdowns – but that doesn’t make everything bad! There is good news too! As Mercury orbits closer to the sun than Earth does, its path across the zodiac is much faster. Three or four times each year an optical […]
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Apollo missions took astronauts on an incredible journey from earth to moon and back again – not always with an uneventful ride though; in fact, many perilous moments marred this mission. On what should have been an otherwise routine mission, an oxygen tank explosion damaged their spacecraft over 200,000 miles from home and forced its
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Orion is NASA’s new spacecraft designed to transport astronauts further than ever into space – to the Moon and beyond. Specifically engineered to offer safe, comfortable, and reliable deep space travel for astronauts. Launch will take place from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a powerful rocket named Space Launch System and carry both an
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Egypt has long been an influential travel destination, drawing visitors from varying cultural backgrounds. The nation is best-known for its centuries-old pyramids, Nile cruises and the Dukkah dip of nuts, seeds and spices. There are so many fascinating facts about Egypt that might surprise you! Here are just a few: 1. Cats were beloved pets
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As sunsets and sunrises approach, the sky often turns from blue to red as more atmospheric particles pass through as sunlight descends towards its point of origin. As soon as sunlight enters our atmosphere, it is scattered all across it by atmospheric gases and particles, with blue light being more heavily scattered due to shorter
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President John F. Kennedy saw Soviet launch of Sputnik as an opportunity to advance America’s space program dramatically and make landing humans on the moon by the end of this decade a public pledge. A new government agency, NASA was then established. On January 28th, 2019, shortly after liftoff of Space Shuttle Challenger, it exploded.
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Gorillas are large animals with 98% of their DNA resembling human’s. As herbivores, they exhibit various behaviors. Each mountain gorilla has an individual nose print, just as each human does. Scientists use the wrinkle patterns above each nostril to identify a gorilla and track its movements over time. They can walk on their knuckles Gorillas
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Columbia was NASA’s original space shuttle and served numerous microgravity experiments throughout its lifespan. Additionally, Columbia featured an external airlock/docking adaptor designed specifically to support Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Just 82 seconds after liftoff, foam from ET’s left bipod ramp collided with its left wing and caused a breach that allowed atmospheric gases into
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NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft were first launched separately weeks apart in 1977, never imagined they would remain flying and continue collecting valuable data even with some instruments turned off to conserve power. Yet these “elder citizens” continue collecting invaluable information even today! They embarked on an epic tour of the outer planets, discovering
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