Starship poised on the launchpad, prepared for its second test. Credit: SpaceX.The success of NASA's Artemis program is paramount, with the current contract involving SpaceX's Starship to transport astronauts for the Artemis III and Artemis IV lunar missions. There is no alternative means for astronauts to reach the Moon, although NASA recently opened the...
Credit: Cornell ChronicleE-waste into prototypes. Ilan Mandel, a robotics researcher and builder at Cornell University, found himself puzzled by a seemingly illogical situation: how could a brand-new hoverboard cost less than the individual parts needed to build it? This discrepancy led him to contemplate the challenges of designing and prototyping, where finished products are...
Credit: unplahBy utilizing microwave instruments to examine the depths of the Moon's far side, scientists have identified a significant subsurface granite formation referred to as a "hotspot." This discovery implies that the Moon possesses greater similarities to Earth than what was previously assumed.Granite formations are typically found on Earth as a result of the...
"Starlink Satellites Do Cool Moves Over 50,000 Times to Stay Safe in Space!" credit: Arda Kucukkaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Starlink (SpaceX) Satellites Do Fancy Dance Moves to Stay Safe, But There's a Worrying Problem!SpaceX's Starlink satellites have been doing impressive maneuvers to avoid bumping into other spacecraft and space junk. In just six...
The HiLo structure has been successfully installed on the rooftop of the pre-existing NEST research building located in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Credit: Roman Keller.Recognizing the significant carbon dioxide emissions generated by the construction industry on a global scale, a group of researchers and scientists from ETH Zurich has been developing innovative construction methods to address...
By the conclusion of 2023, a counterpart of the Interceptor Original, as demonstrated in its operational state at Ballona Creek in California, will be dispatched to the Cisadane River in Indonesia.While the Ocean Cleanup is primarily recognized for its use of large garbage collectors in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it has also taken...
SpaceX's Starship. Credit: SpaceXUnless you have been extremely busy, you must have heard of SpaceX's Starship fully assembled test flight. Despite the fact that the test did not go as planned, there are good lessons to take from it. It is important to notice that such an event is still a landmark for humanity,...
Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying the crew of Russian cosmonauts launched September, 2022. (NataliaKolesnikova/ AFP)Russia stated Wednesday that it will send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) coming month to bring home 3 astronauts whose planned return vehicle was damaged by a strike from a small meteoroid.The Russian space company, Roscosmos, made the...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule, with a multinational crew of four astronauts, lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., beginning a five-month mission to the International Space Station. Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux)For the first time in two decades,...
Charged gases escapes from Comet Leonard forming a tail, December 2021. This image took top prize in the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Credit: Gerald Rhemann, Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022This majestic image is the winner of the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest.First place...
