James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led development of the telescope[8] in…
Solar system planets, features, missions, activities.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed primarily to conduct infrared astronomy. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led development of the telescope[8] in…
In June 2018, President Trump directed the Department of Defense to “begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.” The reason…
Starship and Super Heavy are the biggest, most important pieces of Elon Musk'sgrand plan for SpaceX, his private spaceflight company. Musk has repeatedly stressed that he founded SpaceX back in…
In this fourth installment of the series we take a lengthy look at Rotating Habitats, large space stations that simulate gravity via spin and can replicate Earth-like environments.Contributed by Tom…
A look at O'Neill Cylinders, immense space habitats. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Far larger than any conventional Space Station, O'Neill Cylinders could potentially serve as as entire city-states or nature…
High up in the clear blue noontime sky, the sun appears to be much the same day-in, day-out, year after year.But astronomers have long known that this is not true.…
Exciting News! Our Sacramento L5 Society has an article published in the National Space Society Magazine! Implementing the NSS Vision We, a consensus of the members of the Sacramento L-5…
Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel by Edward Belbruno This is a great book that describes low fuel low thrust orbits…
Ted Talks is a great site to see enthusiasm for technical and intellectual excellence. Check out Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn where Carolyn describes the water on Enceladus and the thick hydrocarbons on Titan. Nice…
NASA’s planetary science program is engaged in one of the oldest scientific pursuits: the observation and discovery of our solar system’s planetary objects. We undertake this enterprise in order to…