Scott Carpenter, The Second American To Orbit Earth, Dies At 88
CNETAnalysis: Scott Carpenter Malcolm Scott Carpenter, who used his middle name as his first, was the second American to orbit the Earth, way back in 1962, on the Mercury mission. (John Glenn was the...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Apollos 2 and 3?
CNETAnalysis: Things were looking good for NASA at the beginning of 1966. The Gemini program was halfway done and well on track to accomplish all the major program goals by the end of the year, and...
View ArticleA Rare New Bacterium Thrives In Spacecraft Cleanrooms
CNETAnalysis: Tersicoccus phoenicis The bacterium discovered in two spacecraft cleanrooms, one at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and one at a European Space Agency facility in South America....
View ArticleA Map Of Winds All Over The World
CNETAnalysis: Global Winds, Imaged in the GEOS-5 Nature Run William Putman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Aeolus, is that you? This is a map of winds on Earth, created from a mathematical model made...
View ArticleChina Tests New Stealth Drone
CNETAnalysis: Sharp Sword On The Runway Global Times Yesterday, China’s new stealth drone flew for the first time, according to Chinese state media . The drone is an unmanned flying wedge, similar to...
View ArticleChina Tests New Stealth Drone
CNETAnalysis: Sharp Sword On The Runway Global Times Yesterday, China’s new stealth drone flew for the first time, according to Chinese state media . The drone is an unmanned flying wedge, similar to...
View ArticleHow Will Space Commuters Navigate A Thicket Of Air Traffic?
CNETAnalysis: FACET An image of airplane traffic from the simulation tool FACET. Juan Alonso “When space traffic becomes routine, there’s going to be significant conflict between commercial air...
View ArticleThe Wright Brothers And The Birth Of The Airplane
CNETAnalysis: The original camp built by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk in 1900. Popular Science archives On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took their famous first flight in Kitty...
View ArticleGet Ready For The Robot Smog
CNETAnalysis: DJI’s Phantom In Flight Also pictured: NYC’s famous Flatiron Building. Posted by: John Martin
View ArticleThe Week In Numbers: China Lands On The Moon, NASA’s Deep-Space Chamber, And...
CNETAnalysis: NASA Chamber A NASA 40 tons : the weight of the door to NASA’s Chamber A , a room that recreates the deadly conditions of deep space and, because it can reach 11 Kelvin, is the coldest...
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