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It took less than 36 hours for private space company Elon Musk’s to launch three Falcon-9 rockets. SpaceX has launched more than 50 new satellites for its constellation Starlink, one military satellite for Germany, and the last mission turned out to be extremely suspicious. On one occasion, one of the winners set another record for […]
Powerful lasers are needed in many industries, from industry to communications in space. The development of such devices requires a rethinking of the components responsible for the direction of the light beam. Engineers from Harvard turned to one of the hardest materials to get a mirror that allows the laser to cut even steel. The […]
After almost three years of training, the Rocket Lab attempted to catch the first stage of a rocket that descends into the air. The plan was to try to intercept it by helicopter after working out and starting to reduce the degree. This will save the rocket for reuse. So far, the company uses disposable […]
Human skin is both a protection for the body and a source of information from tactile sensations. Scientists have long been trying to create an electronic version of leather that will find the widest application in robotics and prosthetics. German scientists presented their own and unusual version of electronic “skin”, devoting an article to this […]
The flights of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) with a 2.7-meter infrared telescope based on the Boeing 747 will end on September 30. The profitability of SOFIA has raised questions for several years: NASA spends $85 million a year on this observatory. This is more than any other astrophysical mission except the Hubble […]
On the morning of April 27, SpaceX launched the Crew Dragon-4 spacecraft with four astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS). As always, the launch from the initial preparatory phase could be watched live on SpaceX and on NASA’s website. SpaceX Crew-4 is the seventh manned flight of Crew Dragon 2 and the […]
The Large Hadron Collider was restarted. On April 22, he started working again, but so far, in test mode. And on April 25, scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced a record. Two pilot beams of protons were accelerated to record energy for the first time: 6.8 teraelectronvolts per beam. The Large […]
The American private space company Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to the company’s broadcast on Twitter. The launch took place at 13:51 on the US East Coast (20:51 Kyiv time) from the 40th launch complex at the Cape Canaveral spaceport […]
The NASA Perseverance rover captured rare footage of a satellite of Mars Phobos crossing the visible surface of the Sun. These observations may help scientists better understand the moon’s orbit and how its gravity affects the Martian surface, forming the crust and mantle of the Red Planet. The solar eclipse captured by the Perseverance Mastcam-Z […]
As space rockets damage the environment and sometimes simply explode at launch or in flight, humanity is looking for more effective alternatives. In addition to the “kinetic gun” SpinLaunch, which spins the object to high speed before launch into space, there is another option – a huge gas gun from Green Launch. The company’s CEO, […]