Watch live: Launch of EIRSAT-1

Watch live: Launch of EIRSAT-1

[ad_1] Agency 24/11/2023 874 views 34 likes EIRSAT-1 team at ESA ESTEC Built by students at University College Dublin under guidance of ESA’s Education Office, EIRSAT-1 is a 2-unit CubeSat carrying three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector that will...
Best telescopes for beginners to view planets, galaxies

Best telescopes for beginners to view planets, galaxies

[ad_1] The best telescopes for beginners are the ones that don’t end up in a closet. Note: This post contains affiliate links. When you buy a product through the links on this page, we may earn a commission. Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for...
NASA Tests its Next-Generation Mars Helicopter Blades

NASA Tests its Next-Generation Mars Helicopter Blades

[ad_1] 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...
Ariane 6 hot-fires: the highlights

Ariane 6 hot-fires: the highlights

[ad_1] 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...