Spacecraft are vehicles designed to explore outer space. Piloted or unpiloted, spacecraft are deployed into orbit for collecting data or carrying out other functions that must withstand its harsh environment. Reentry requires spacecraft to withstand intense frictional forces that create intense heat; to protect itself against this risk, spacecraft must feature a thick body. Definition […]
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Space science and spacecraft history is a broad subject. Their early development led to what was dubbed as a Space Race between the United States and Soviet Union. On October 4th, Sputnik 1 launched, marking the first artificial satellite ever to reach Earth and sparking fears of a new Cold War. Neil Armstrong takes “one
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NASA’s two rovers Spirit and Opportunity discovered abundant evidence that water once flowed on Mars. Both rover ended their missions by falling silent within dunes but the mission continues via orbiter and lander probes. Last February, NASA’s Perseverance rover arrived in Jezero Crater and began caching samples for later retrieval. Meanwhile, other missions, including one
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Columbia returned home after 16 days in orbit, its 28th voyage. Her crew included Commander Rick Husband, Pilot William McCool, mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Blair Salton Clarke Michael Anderson as well as Israeli Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon. Engineers were alarmed to discover that about 82 seconds into the flight a suitcase-sized piece of foam
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Nasa’s spacecraft Orion is currently conducting a test flight around the Moon for NASA and has come closer to touching down on lunar surface than any human-made craft before it. Orion entered a far retrograde orbit this week, taking it 40,000 miles beyond any spacecraft designed specifically for humans before. It’s coming home NASA’s Orion
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Spacecraft are vehicles designed for travel in outer space, usually piloted or unpiloted and carrying scientific instruments for study and observation. China’s Tianwen 1 probe successfully reached Mars on May 14 and unloaded its six-wheeled rover Zhurong, named after the Chinese god of fire. To successfully land, retro rockets and landing legs were utilized. Mariner
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Delta-V Audio’s massively popular iOS app now arrives on desktop as part of Tracktion Presents initiative. Two granular engines provide instant gratification and encourage creative flow with features like grain frequency/length control, sample position LFO, stereo reverb/filter and pitch/ring modulation. Mark Watt, developer of Spacecraft plugin, shared more about its origins and what sets it
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Kepler has generated an abundance of data since its launch ten years ago. Although originally designed to observe 160,000 stars across one patch of sky, the photometer has since been used to uncover thousands of planets. Discovering extrasolar planets was done through measuring their slight drop in brightness when they passed in front of their
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SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft was finally ready to take flight this Thursday after suffering delays due to a frozen pressurant valve; however, shortly thereafter it experienced an explosion before stage separation was achieved. Frueh is currently working on a project using telescopes to improve how agencies catalog new objects in space, with hopes that doing
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