RUDN University mathematician has proposed a method for calculating the optimal trajectory of spacecraft with electric propulsion, whose thrust is thousands times less than chemical one has, but it is able to work for years. ...
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2019
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NASA is reportedly investigating what could be the first ever alleged crime in space. Astronaut Anne McClain has been accused of accessing her estranged spouse's bank account via the internet while on board the International ...
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2019
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Among many particles arriving from outer space, there are ones with the extremely high energy that travel at nearly the speed of light, which is equivalent of a baseball thrown at a speed of 100 meters per second. New hypothesis ...
Astronomy
Aug 26, 2019
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US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2019
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Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the way around the globe for the first time.
Other
Aug 5, 2019
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Meteoroids coming from outer space are randomly shaped, but many of these, which land on earth as meteorites, are found to be carved into cones. Scientists have now figured out how the physics of flight in the atmosphere ...
Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2019
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the creation of a new national military space force command that will eventually be part of his country's air force.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2019
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Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies Inc. (IST) gears up to conduct another rocket launch on Saturday July 13, just about two months after it successfully sent the MOMO-F3 sounding rocket into space. The upcoming mission, ...
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2019
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When you peer into the night sky, much of what you see is plasma, a soupy amalgam of ultra-hot atomic particles. Studying plasma in the stars and various forms in outer space requires a telescope, but scientists can recreate ...
Plasma Physics
May 31, 2019
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The US president, Donald Trump, has stuck to his plan to send humans back to the moon in the next five years, recently giving the project a US$1.6 billion shot in the arm. Whether he succeeds or not, the first successful ...
Space Exploration
May 23, 2019
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