Traveling spontaneously is great, but for budget travelers it’s essential to create a plan. A plan will ensure you stay on target with your goals while preventing unnecessary expenses from cropping up along the way. NASA in the United States, Roscosmos in Russia and China’s CNSA are three of the top space agencies. These entities […]
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Spacecraft are vehicles designed to travel through outer space. They may carry people, scientific instruments and other devices. This image taken by Curiosity shows an Earth-like desert landscape and features a crater which appears to resemble Disney mascot Mickey Mouse. Earthrise Earthrise, taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, remains one
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Spacecraft are vehicles designed to travel and operate in outer space. Other names for them are satellite, shuttle, rocket and spaceship. Spacecraft need launch vehicles to get them into space. Once they escape Earth’s gravity, they may either orbit the Moon or continue towards other planets in our solar system. Space probe Space probes are
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Space, galaxies, stars and planets are recurring themes on iDB Wallpapers of the Week gallery. Today’s collection offers high-resolution images from NASA’s Mars Perseverance mission that bring this majestic red planet right to your desktop computer screen! Tap and select an image you’d like as your wallpaper (swipe left and right to see different astronomical
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China is a vast country full of amazing things – from ancient traditions to cutting edge technology, this captivating country offers it all! Did you know that Chinese people were the pioneers in developing an appreciation of tea? Or that they invented paper? Furthermore, did you know they have some of the fastest trains worldwide?
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Spacecraft design can be an arduous undertaking. Even using modern executable model-based engineering tools, multiple iterations and flight experience must be accumulated in order to produce optimal designs. Spaceships are more than mere containers for advanced technology; they act as mirrors of culture and society they represent. From sleek X-wings to the menacing Borg cube,
Apollo was an ambitious program fraught with difficulty and high costs, which resulted in budget reductions and delays. This vehicle included three modules – a command module (CM) to house astronaut quarters and flight controls; a service module housing propulsion systems and other systems; and finally a lunar module capable of transporting two astronauts directly
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The Saturn V rocket consisted of three sections, which included: (1) The command module (CM), which contained astronaut quarters and flight control systems; (2) the service module, for propulsion and spacecraft support; and (3) Eagle, its lunar module – together these comprised the CSM. On its 27th orbit around the Moon, Columbia docked with the
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Astrobiologists have long dreamed of finding another planet similar to our Earth in order to explore whether life could exist elsewhere, and new research shows that such planets may be far more widespread than once believed. Thanks to advanced planet-hunting techniques, astronomers have discovered thousands of planet candidates outside our Solar System – many Earth-sized
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