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OTD In Space – February 4: STS-63 Launches 'Orbital Debris Calibration Sphere'
On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris ...
A tether covered in solar panels could boost the ISS's orbit
The ISS's orbit is slowly decaying. While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory is only about 400 km above the planet. There might not be a lot of atmosphere at ...
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Transform Ideas into Diagrams Instantly with Excalidraw AI Text-to-Diagram Tool
Excalidraw is an innovative online whiteboarding tool that uses the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to convert simple text prompts into detailed, professional-quality diagrams. Whether you ...
Science Friday24d
‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS
How do you cope with being so far from the people you love? Those are some of the questions explored in the novel Orbital, which won the Booker Prize late last year. In the book, author Samantha ...
MarketWatch24d
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has entered the orbital space race. What it means for SpaceX and the space industry.
The first test flight of Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket could have major implications for long-term economics of the space industry, say experts. Back To Top ...
Phys.org25d
Musk's Starship set for launch after Bezos orbital triumph
The rivalry between the world's two richest men is going cosmic. After Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nailed its first-ever orbital flight, Elon Musk's SpaceX is seizing back the spotlight on Thursday ...
TechCrunch25d
Loft Orbital lands a fresh $170M after logging over $500M of bookings
Space infrastructure company Loft Orbital has raised $170 million in Series C funding co-led by Tikehau Capital and Axial Partners. Notably, the amount of the Series C financing is greater than ...
C&EN26d
Largely Promoted C–H Activation in Methane with O
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China ...
Bloomberg L.P.26d
Space Firm Loft Orbital Raises $170 Million To Scale Up Launches
Loft Orbital raised $170 million in a funding round that will help the space infrastructure startup increase launch frequency and compete for contracts against aerospace juggernauts like Northrop ...
Scientific American27d
The Curious History of Venn Diagrams
In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...
Interesting Engineering27d
Space factories closer to reality as new 3D printing tech shows promise
In a few years from now, space stations could work like factories — thanks to advancements in 3D print technology. With these printers, anything needed in orbit could be 3D printed on the spot.