by rmil2k | Sep 29, 2023 | News
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launch from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Sept. 29), carrying 22 Starlink satellites to orbit.The Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 6:39 p.m. EDT (2239 GMT). You can...
by rmil2k | Sep 29, 2023 | News
Back to Article List 2023 has brought us a plethora of brighter-than-average Full Moons. This week’s is the last — here’s how and when to best enjoy it. Credit: ozpagan (Flickr) When September’s Full Harvest Moon rises above the horizon Friday evening, it will be the...
by rmil2k | Sep 29, 2023 | News
If we could wind the clock back billions of years, we’d see our Solar System the way it used to be. Planetesimals and other rocky bodies were constantly colliding with each other, and new objects would coalesce out of the debris. Asteroids rained down on the planets...
by rmil2k | Sep 28, 2023 | News
The Biofilms study continues its cosmic quest to combat bacterial contamination. With three experiments aboard the International Space Station, it’s on a mission to improve antimicrobial technology, benefitting astronauts and people on Earth alike. Source...
by rmil2k | Sep 28, 2023 | News
Davis: I was fortunate enough to be hired (at NASA) as an engineer in 1979, before the space shuttle flew in ’81. They were trying to ramp up people to work on not only the shuttle, but also things that flew on the shuttle, which is why I worked on the Hubble...
