SpaceX, founded and led by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is a private spaceflight company dedicated to placing satellites and people into orbit. Already winning NASA contracts to transport astronauts to the International Space Station via Starship rocket launch vehicles. SpaceX hopes that one day soon they’ll use Starship rockets to set up permanent colonies on Mars….
Psychology can help you explore more deeply both your own self-understanding and human behaviour, with initial experiences being daunting but becoming easier as your knowledge base expands. Our team includes counsellors skilled at offering compassionate talk therapy, and psychologists equipped to address complex mental health issues as well as provide Functional Capacity Assessments. Counselling &…
Space enthusiasts were recently treated to an eerie sight on Mars: wreckage from a crashed spacecraft. NASA’s small helicopter Ingenuity captured images this month showing parts that protected Perseverance during its landing on Red Planet last year. These photos show the UFO-esque backshell and parachute used to slow the rover’s descent, providing insight into how…
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Over the past decade, low-cost satellites have proliferated into space at an ever-increasing rate, significantly lowering costs associated with studying Earth and developing ever more daring ideas for what these spacecraft can achieve. Spacecraft are said to be in orbit when they are between perigee and apogee; their movement being controlled by electronic “eyes” that…
Scientists have long studied Mars with an aim of discovering past or present life there, as well as trying to assess how such life might have formed there. Life requires complex chemistry, liquid water bodies and photosynthesising energy sources in order to form. 1. How long does it take to get to Mars? Mars lies…
Manmade objects orbiting Earth are vast, from those used to observe our planet itself to others that study Mars, asteroids or even distant stars. Satellites remain in orbit by using fuel to balance their tendency toward flight into space with Earth’s gravitational pull and maintain their velocity in orbit. Satellites From a distance, satellites resemble…
China boasts some of the world’s richest history and culture. Renowned for their inventions such as paper, gunpowder and the compass; over 600 Emperors have graced China throughout its long history. Although most people assume fortune cookies originated in China, their true origin lies elsewhere – specifically San Francisco. Chinese are multi-religious individuals and practice…
On 1 October, the European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s bepiColombo mission will make its initial flyby of Mercury to gather images for scientists who anticipate starting its main mission sometime between 2025-2027. Mercury can teach us a great deal about how rocky, Earth-like planets form. But before we can glean any insights…
