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…
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…
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…
Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but all follow a similar lifecycle. In this article, we’ll cover its basics starting with seeds. An ideal environment for seed germination includes oxygen, water, sunlight and the proper temperature. Once these factors come together, germination occurs. Seed Seeds are packages containing embryos (baby plants) and food reserves…
Nephthys was a funerary goddess who protected both life and afterlife of those she cared for, including flooding events such as Hapi’s flooding of the Nile riverbed with black fertile mud. Mafdet – Mafdet was an early feline deity who predated Bastet and Sekhmet as patron goddesses of Lower Egypt. She served as their patron….
Automobile designers of the 1950s drew inspiration from space travel for their designs. This resulted in cars featuring towering tail fins, rocket-inspired cockpits and unique features such as power-operated gullwing doors that made ingress and egress much simpler; some even featured scalloped trim pieces coated in gold anodizing to complete their space-age aesthetics. It’s a…
Sunlight from the sun passes through our atmosphere and becomes dispersed, with shorter wavelengths like blue being scattered more widely than other colors. Blue light must travel further through the atmosphere than other colors, which explains why the sky appears blue. Rayleigh Scattering Sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere is scattered by molecules and particles in…
Anybody with access to a backyard telescope or binoculars can view Saturn’s magnificent rings, but soon these iconic features will fade from view temporarily over the coming months. Saturn’s orbit around the sun puts it at an angle, hiding its rings temporarily from view. Don’t worry though; when its path returns to normal they will…
Armstrong took hundreds of millions of people along with him as he set foot on the Eagle and declared, ‘That is one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind.” NASA’s program to reach the Moon would reach an important milestone with a successful landing, representing years of preparation and technical development. The…
