Planetary Motion - Ideas Before Kepler's Laws Were Conceived
For as long as we’ve been able to crane our necks up at the stars, we’ve wondered about how to precisely explain how those bright twinkly …
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Nothing But the Facts About Carl Sagan: Straight Facts, Academic Astronomy, and the SETI Program
What’s Carl Sagan famous for? If you’re having trouble pinpointing any single achievement, you’re not alone. Throughout his life, …
Continue ReadingOrbital Mechanics - Hohmann Interplanetary Trajectories and Gravity Assists
Flying to other planets requires tremendous energy, more than today’s rockets can provide. To get the velocities required space scientists get …
Continue ReadingSloan Digital Sky Survey's SkyServer: The Experience of Using a Powerful Telescope Without the Hassle
True online telescopes you can control are good for some people, but are not right for those who don’t want to wait for telescope time or for …
Continue ReadingThe Myth About the 10th Planet in the Solar System - Neptune and the Sumerians
For a number of years, astronomers and scientists postulated on the possibility of the existence of a tenth planet in the solar system. References to …
Continue ReadingWho Created the Canadarm and What is Canadarm Used For?
While only twenty years old, the Canadian Space Agency inherits a legacy of space research dating back to the beginning of the space age. The most …
Continue ReadingNothing But the Facts About Dark Matter and Its Theories
Dark matter is one of the great mysteries of our universe. Dark matter has been written into science fiction novels, been attributed to psychic …
Continue ReadingUpdate on International Space Station - Facts About the International Space Station and ISS Tracking
The International Space Station has reached its final stages of growth in recent years. While the program is in flux between 2016 and 2020, tracking …
Continue ReadingInteresting Facts on Albert Einstein's Life, Achievements, and Contributions to the Field of Physics
Albert Einstein was a genius theoretical physicist. He is best known for his mass-energy equivalence, theory of relativity, Brownian motion and …
Continue ReadingVirgin Galactic: SpaceShipTwo and the New Mexico Spaceport
Virgin Galactic is poised to begin launching private space flight. Sir Richard Branson is utilizing the basic design of the winner of the X-Prize and …
Continue ReadingSkylon and SABRE - An Unbeatable Combination to Get Into Orbit?
Though there are many spacecraft, manned and unmanned, making their way into space in the early 21st century, only one of those has wings. The Skylon …
Continue ReadingThe Russian Space Program - In the 1980's: The MIR Space Station and the Buran Shuttle Project
In the 1969 the Americans landed on the moon and in 1981 they had a Space Shuttle operating. The Space race did not look good for the Soviets. They …
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