Our oceans are in hot water

Our oceans are in hot water

[ad_1] Applications 17/05/2023 1715 views 45 likes Adding to the grim list of record ice losses, record air temperatures and record droughts, which have all hit the headlines recently, the temperature of the surface waters of our oceans is also at an all-time high....
Record-breaking amateur rocket soars higher than Mt. Everest

Record-breaking amateur rocket soars higher than Mt. Everest

[ad_1] An amateur rocket set a new record last month, soaring far higher than Mount Everest.On April 16, students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University launched a small rocket to a maximum altitude of 47,732 feet (14,548 meters) — about 1.6 times higher than...
Remembering Skylab’s launch, 50 years on

Remembering Skylab’s launch, 50 years on

[ad_1] Credit: NASA On May 14, 1973, watched by 25,000 rapt spectators, the last Saturn V patiently sat on Launch Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Atop the rocket was Skylab, the biggest, heaviest single object ever to be put into space and the...
Origami heat shield: reusable for reentries

Origami heat shield: reusable for reentries

[ad_1] A novel origami-based heat shield developed with ESA support is planned to undergo an actual atmospheric reentry from space. Named Pridwen, after the legendary shield of King Arthur, this reusable design will spring out as a spacecraft reenters the...