Category: NASA
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Space Architecture?
Since the dawn of the space age, building habitats in space has been a costly and unwieldy endeavor. The ISS has cost well over $150 billion to date, and although we have limited data from Tiangong Mir, they are unlikely to be or had been much better. All of the recent space startups have primarily…
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Head to Head : Saturn V vs SLS
From sending men on a voyage to the moon to having a permanent human existence in space for more than 20 years, NASA has come a long way in developing spaceflight vehicles and pushing the limits of human space exploration. But according to a lot of people, an integral part of NASA’s history lies in…
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New Name for Gateway?
An integral piece of NASA’s plans for the Artemis program is the Lunar Gateway, a space station in lunar orbit. It should serve as a waystation for missions between the two worlds. At the gateway, the Orion crew capsule will meet with the Starship lander and the crew will transfer. Michael Collins is the forgotten…
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Launch overview: SpaceX Crew-4
After the delays, the Falcon 9 rocket will start tomorrow at 7:52 with another mission to the ISS. Basic information: Launch date: 27.4.2022, 7:52 UTC Launch Window: immediate Static fire (completed): 20.4.2022, 13:26 UTC Payload: Crew Dragon Freedom (number C212.1) Cargo weight: ~12 tons Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5 (already used first stage B1067.4) Target: Low Earth Orbit…
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Axiom-1 crew is back on Earth
The first private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Crew Dragon is over. The crew of Axiom Space’s first mission to the International Space Station landed in the Gulf of Mexico today at 17:06 UTC. M. Lopéz-Alegría, L. Connor, M. Pathy and E. Stibbe extended their stay on the ISS by about…
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Lucy’s probe tested its cameras
On February 14, the Lucy spacecraft, which launched into space on October 16 last year, took a series of calibration images using four cameras working in the visible part of the spectrum. The probe, which is experiencing the first months of its long journey to the so-called Trojans, has therefore taken an important step towards…
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NASA’s New Space Shuttle, A Far Leap Forward
On 30th March 2022, NASA’s former administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that NASA will make a newer generation Orbiter Vehicle, “Much far better than we’ve had in the 2000’s”, he said. This is a huge plan after NASA’s ambition to get back to the Moon through the SLS programme. The funding for this spacecraft’s R&D’s is…
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WHY HAVEN’T WE FOUND THE ALIENS YET: AN ANALYSIS OF THE THEORIES
Are we alone in this vast expanse of the universe? Every month or two, there are reports of ‘sightings’ of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Object), strange creatures and footprints, conspiracy theorists debating whether the arrival of aliens is being hidden by the Government, reputed scientists claiming that aliens are already present on earth. Whether Extraterrestrial life…
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Why we Should Consider a Manned Mission to Venus
A manned mission to Venus may seem ridiculous at first. Venus is millions of miles closer to the sun than Earth and has a thick atmosphere composed mostly of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Temperatures on Venus can exceed 475 degrees Celsius (900 degrees Fahrenheit) which is hot enough to melt lead. The average atmospheric…
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SLS Rollout
Thumbnail pic by David Willis (@ThePrimalDino) The time is finally coming. NASA’s largest rocket that returns humans to the moon will reach the LC-39B ramp at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a few hours. Below you will find live broadcasts. In the coming days, I will publish another article after a long time…
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Celebrating 20 years of SpaceX
On Monday, 14th of March, we celebrate 20 amazing and eventful years of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer founded by Elon Musk, centred in California. SpaceX is a key private player in the space sector and has amazed the space community with its ambitious projects. Most notably, SpaceX manufactures the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and…
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WHAT CHANGED OUR SISTER PLANET, VENUS?
Just a little over 55 million kilometers away from us, Venus can not be more different from Earth. Everything from its atmosphere to rotation is different. Despite being named after the goddess of beauty; Venus is definitely not the choice residence for us. But it was not always the case, at least NASA says so.…
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JWST: Fully deployed
The day before yesterday (January 8), after two weeks of his journey to L2, the James Webb Space Telescope was fully deployed. After the sun shield was completely unfolded, the secondary mirror was deployed. After its successful opening, the last task was moved – the deploying of the primary mirror. On January 7, the right…