by rmil2k | Nov 26, 2023 | News
While NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to break records for both airspeed and altitude while it explores Jezero Crater on the Red Planet, NASA engineers back on Earth are hard at work testing carbon fiber blades for next-generation Mars helicopters that...
by rmil2k | Nov 26, 2023 | News
Cinq, quatre, trois, deux, un. Allumage Vulcain! This is the moment Ariane 6’s main engine was sparked into life, and the entire main stage of the new rocket and the many parts of the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, practised for the full duration of a launch. Of...
by rmil2k | Nov 26, 2023 | News
One of our favorite space-based Lego playsets has been heavily discounted this Black Friday weekend. You can pick up Lego Monkie Kid’s Galactic Explorer with a 30% saving as part of Lego.com’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale.We love this set so much, in...
by rmil2k | Nov 25, 2023 | News
During the Artemis test mission in 2022, Orion passes close to the Moon’s surface, with Earth a small crescent in the background. Credit: NASA Once upon a time, our earliest ancestors, on the plains of Africa, gazed skyward and saw a bright Moon in our sky. Perhaps...
by rmil2k | Nov 25, 2023 | News
Stars are gravitationally fastened to their galaxies and move in concert with their surroundings. But sometimes, something breaks the bond. If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, for example, the black hole can expel it out into space as a rogue star....
