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SpaceX is one and a half years ahead of the schedule for the deployment of Starlink satellites in orbit
SpaceX was one and a half years ahead of the schedule for the deployment of Starlink satellites in orbit — the FCC demanded that 2204 satellites be put into operation by March 2024. Currently, 2,941 satellites have been deployed — 66% of the total plan of 4,408 satellites. Of these, 2,383 are already in operation.…
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NASA will try to shoot down an asteroid live
Scientists want to smash a satellite on an asteroid to change its flight path. This will be the first such experiment in the history of mankind. The clash is scheduled for September 27.
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“James Webb” got a snapshot of the amazing environment of a double star
The object is located at a distance of 5.6 thousand light years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Cygnus The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of the impressive concentric rings of light surrounding the binary star WR 140. According to astronomers, such an unusual appearance of the nebula is the…
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Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 space probes
The Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 space probes will have some systems disabled to extend their operability at least until 2030. The fact is that the United States, together with European countries, plan to launch the Interstellar spacecraft into space in the early 2030s, which will partially duplicate the goals of the Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 missions. Both…
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Astronomers have made the firmware of the Mars Express probe based on Windows 98 19 years after launch
Previously, the device was running on a special version of Windows 98 and was already preparing to complete its program. Scientists have found that it is too early for the probe to retire. After the update, Mars Express will begin to cover a large area of the surface of Mars for study.Scientists expect that using…
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Lunar Exploration from Apollo 11
Apollo 11 on the moon began researching the exact distance from Earth to the moon. To do this, they brought devices resembling small arrays of mirrors – they are called retroreflectors Research using such a simple device continues to this day
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Just one fact about the neutron star
Example: a neutron star whose diameter does not exceed ten kilometers can weigh as much as our sun.If a person is (hypothetically) moved to the surface of this object, the astronaut’s weight will increase by one million tons at once.Here are the things…
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What would happen if the earth had the shape of a donut?
The effects of gravity on the moon would have created an eightfold orbit for her and perhaps she would often have been sucked into the donut hole.
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Jupiter’s Big Red Spot
Jupiter’s red great Spot is the largest atmospheric vortex recorded in the Solar System. This vortex was discovered more than 350 years ago, it is constantly changing in size. At the very beginning, when observations began, the Red Spot already measured about 40 thousand kilometers in length and 13 thousand kilometers in width. Since the…
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Space debris problems are becoming a tragic reality
The problem existing in near-Earth orbit is space debris129 million fragments are currently flying around our planet in orbit. Almost 34,000 or so, of which are 10 cm wide. At the height of the ISS orbit, this debris moves around the Earth more than 7 km/sec — this is so fast that a collision with…
