Spacecraft are vehicles capable of traversing space to other planets or satellites, as well as for other uses, such as communications. NASA’s Perseverance lander will attempt a landing at Elysium Planitia on Mars’ most challenging region: Elysium Planitia features sand dunes, steep cliffs and boulders – an intimidating destination. 1. Viking 1 NASA scientists in…
Space can be an unpredictable place; we’re continually losing pieces of vehicles that exploded on-orbit or experienced violent separation during orbit. Probably the best-known example was when Challenger disintegrated shortly after launch in 1986, killing its crew due to an O-ring failure and rubber seal separation issues on its booster rockets. Debris Researchers still are…
Spacecraft was specifically created for iOS, with developer Mark Watt describing its ability to turn any sound into an easily playable musical instrument. Two parallel granular engines allow users to customize grain frequency/length, sample position LFO and stereo reverb/filter settings. An innovative grain pitch sequencer and compatibility with MIDI/MPE systems expand performance possibilities further still….
Orion was designed to send humans on missions further than ever before, flying from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne developed its Launch Abort System jettison motor, designed to separate crew capsule from service module during an emergency launch or ascent and land under parachutes. Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerojet…
New Horizons is equipped with a multilayered thermal insulation system to retain heat produced by its operating electronics, keeping its shape and remaining precisely aligned for gathering data through instruments, communicating with Earth or maneuvering through space. Small hydrazine thrusters reorient the spacecraft 100 times every second, while star trackers and an inertial measurement unit…
Cassini began its journey towards Saturn after receiving gravitational boosts from Venus (twice), Earth, and Jupiter. It entered Saturn’s orbit on June 30, 2004 and released Huygens for landing on Titan on January 1st 2005. Scientists used Cassini’s radioisotope thermoelectric generator to observe and learn more about Saturn and its moons, and will eventually crash…
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…
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…
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…
