6 James needs to reconnect with his family or find a group of like-minded individuals to spend time with upon his return. To do so, he might need to start calling friends to reacquaint himself with those relationships, encourage family members to pick him up once he is released from ...
From paper airplanes to the space shuttle during re-entry, there are many types of gliders. In this article, we will focus on the most common type of glider, often referred to as a sailplane. Special thanks to the North Carolina Soaring Association for their help with this article. ...
We will start with the Russian Salyut program -- the first space station. Salyut: the First Space Station Diagram of the Salyut-4 space station docked to a Soyuz spacecraft Image courtesy NASA Russia (then known as the Soviet Union) was the first to place a space station. The Salyut...
How SpaceX built a new spacesuit for Polaris Dawn's private spacewalk (video) : Read more So apparently these new suits are now demonstrated and tested for exposure to space of the upper body for about 10 minutes. This is a start. I wish they would talk about what prevented more extensiv...
I was given a library (.lib) and a header file in C++. I would like to write a window desktop application program to call it. Since it's inconvenient to write windows desktop program in C++, at least relative to C#, so I need to call this C++ library from C#. How can I do ...
Closer to T0, the rocket will transition from the inert gas and will begin to flow some of the propellants through the system at a low flow rate, where it will start to thermal condition the engine to get it to the cryogenic temperatures. This process is surprisingly easy, due to the ro...
Hi Simon, i entered SG in 2012 got my home country license in 2011. Although i didn’t see a need to drive until now, i would like to start driving here in SG. So just wanted to check 1) Can I get my overseas license converted after the BTT and start driving? If yes, how long...
On February 8, 2022, approximately 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites were reported to have lost altitude, leading to atmospheric re-entry. SpaceX reported that the orbital decay on Starlink satellites was considered to be linked to a geomagnetic storm tha
Virgin Galactic on track to start launching customers again in 2026, but seat prices will rise New Mexico's Spaceport America looks up and into the future See photos snapped in space by Europe's 1st private reentry capsule Latest in Launches & Spacecraft SpaceX gets FAA approval for Fli...
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