Sail Along with NASA’s Solar Sail Tech Demo in Real-Time Simulation – NASA Science

Sail Along with NASA’s Solar Sail Tech Demo in Real-Time Simulation – NASA Science

The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, which launched in April 2024, and deployed its reflective sail in August, is currently orbiting approximately 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) above Earth and is frequently visible in the night sky to observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Fans of the spacecraft can look for the sail in the night sky using … Read more

Celebrity guinea pigs: Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going to Space

Celebrity guinea pigs: Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going to Space

Regrettably, such self-experimentations by physicians and other biological scientists are known to have led to few deaths too. By Dr Ajey Lele In this ongoing phase of Covid-19 epidemic, there has been much discussion about various aspects of vaccine development. Today, there are many people who voluntarily had to offer themselves as a ‘subject’ for … Read more

NASA’s retired satellite OGO-1 to return this weekend after 56 years

NASA’s retired satellite OGO-1 to return this weekend after 56 years

The satellite was sent to help NASA have more clarity on Earth’s magnetic environment and its interaction with the sun while orbiting around it. NASA’s satellite-Orbiting Geophysics Observatory 1 spacecraft (OGO-1) that was launched into space in September 1964 will soon be entering the Earth’s atmosphere. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), … Read more