Astronaut Nicole Stott and astronaut wrangler Christina Krop host a series of video segments focused on how many NASA inventions are now being used in everyday devices to enhance our every way of life. Shot at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, these inventions focus on the Dust Buster, to...
One of the most notable inventions NASA included in its spacesuits was its special 3D 'spacer' material in the boots for cushioning and ventilation. Used to give astronauts better control, agility and longevity while on their feet, the lunar boot was an overshoe that slipped on over the inte...
NASA Inventions You Might Use Every Day In 1958, President Eisenhower signed the Space Act, officially creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. From the beginning, the purpose for the new branch extended beyond space ship..
Four months later, theShenzhou-11 manned spacecraft was launched and docked with Tiangong-2 where the two astronauts lived for 33 days. Aerospace innovation has direct benefits in people's everyday lives, with over 2,000 aerospace inventions used in various sectors to promote social and economic...
[• Introduction •] Space, Narration, and the Everyday WLADIMIR FISCHERNEBMAIER Spaces can become full of time when they permit certain properties of narrative to operate in everyday life. Richard Sennett, The Conscience of the Eye1 What comes to mind first when reading a book title ...
could use science fiction for similar purposes, either in the development of technological inventions – the Star Trek Communicator which is today present in everyday life as our mobile phones, is a classic example – or in the use of science fiction to reflect critically about current societies...
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Space Race: The Revolution Of Inventions Space exploration has always been fascinating, and it gives us hope of finding something new. According to the video “Space Race: 20th Century Timeline and Firsts,”“though the idea of space travel was discussed for hundreds of years, the field of ...
By analyzing different layers of subsequent technological inventions, much like geological strata, the works in this exhibition elucidate new relations and previously obscured correlations that tell a new story about how we got here. Together, the artists draw a critical and alternative cartography of...
2 This convergence begins with inventions like the Jacquard Loom, and has a very definite history of its own, which we have no space to document here. But see Hobart and Schiffman (1998). 3 The following Y2K audit was conducted through the internet; in particular, see the Websites listed...