We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another.They are usually 35,880 kilometers above the equator.Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place. This is because it is moving around the world at 11,000 kilomet...
These effects could do severe damage to your body on a long voyage, such as a trip toMars. However, let's go on an extended journey aboard the International Space Station, where we can examine what microgravity is, how it impacts our human cells, and what can be done to prevent or re...
This is a satellite-based map of China. Image courtesy NASA Today's technology also makes it possible for cartographers to make detailed maps of places they have never been. The field of remote sensing, or aerial and satellite photography, has given cartographers a vast amount of new info...
China has completed its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, or BDS, becoming the fourth country in the world with a global navigation network, the other three being GPS of the U.S., GLONASS of Russia and Galileo of Europe. As the name suggests, the global navigation sate...
Despite the big improvements in computing power and AI, it is still impossible for an automated engine to get the final design right on its first iteration. To complement the engine, Smallworld GNM brings enough flexibility to allow planners to enrich the input data or modify the design to ta...
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One of myfavouriteclues is the human animal. Head against the flow of people at the start of the day or with the flow at the end and you are pretty much guaranteed to find a station. Whenever I need to get to a meeting in a big city, I try to make sure I have half an hour ...
Best easy-to-use streaming service with lots of games Hulu + Live TV's big selling point is that it combines the most live TV and a video-on-demand (VoD) service in one enjoyable package. Besides great original content, such as Only Murders in the Building, it has many other on-deman...
Marvin Barrash, a researcher who is a descendant of one of the lost crewmembers told the Washington Post that he believes a combination of events — a ship unbalanced by a very heavy load, engine breakdowns, and a big wave that struck the vessel — sent it to the bottom of the Puerto...
Many missions, however, require a spacewalk, perhaps to deploy a satellite or make repairs. During a spacewalk, an astronaut must wear a space suit -- what NASA calls an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) -- to protect and sustain him or her in the vacuum of outer space. Each EMU has ...