Archive for the ‘space travel’ category: Page 277
Jun 15, 2020
NASA lit a fire in space to keep future astronauts safe (video)
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
NASA lit a fire in a used Cygnus cargo spacecraft to better prepare for accidents in space.
Jun 15, 2020
SpaceX Crew Dragon: astronauts reveal big benefit over space shuttle
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are the only two people who know what it’s like to fly on a SpaceX rocket. On Friday, the pair revealed some more details about how it feels, and why the Falcon 9’s design changes things.
Jun 14, 2020
Tesla Roadster could hit 0–60 mph in 1.1 sec with SpaceX thrusters
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, physics, space travel, sustainability
It’s no surprise that Tesla’s next-gen Roadster is going to be lightning-quick, with a claimed 0–60 mph time of 1.9 seconds for the base model. However, the addition of SpaceX cold-gas thrusters that will be hidden behind the car’s license plate could drop Roadster’s 0–60 mph time to a dizzying 1.1 seconds.
YouTube channel Engineering Explained used some of Isaac Newton’s basic physics principles to determine that the Roadster could become one of the quickest cars in the world. By plugging in existing information that CEO Elon Musk has revealed about Tesla’s next-gen Roadster, host Jason Fenske determined that the vehicle will weigh roughly 2000 kg (4,400 lbs), which backs into acceleration g-forces of approximately 1.44 G’s.
Exploring the hottest planet of our solar system(Mercury is the second hottest planet even it is closest to the Sun — Tell me the reason for this in the comment)
Jun 13, 2020
NASA’s Kathy Lueders, who oversaw the SpaceX astronaut launch, will lead agency’s 2024 moon effort
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
The NASA official who oversaw the first SpaceX astronaut launch last month will now lead all the agency’s human spaceflight efforts, including its goal to land astronauts on the moon by 2024.
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine on Friday announced that Kathy Lueders was selected as the agency’s associate administrator of its Human Exploration & Operations mission directorate. He said in a tweet that Lueders to be “the right person to lead HEO as we prepare to send astronauts to the Moon.”
Lueders is the first woman to lead NASA’s human spaceflight efforts, the agency noted.
Jun 12, 2020
Elon Musk makes getting humans to Mars his top priority
Posted by Lola Heavey in categories: bioengineering, Elon Musk, genetics, space travel
Genetic engineering and other advanced technologies may need to come into play if people want to live in Mars.
Last month’s NASA and SpaceX successful launch of astronauts from US soil for the first time in almost a decade, has reignited discussion about space travel to Mars and beyond. SpaceX is fronted by the billionaire Elon Musk.
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Jun 12, 2020
SpaceX aims to send the first crew to Mars aboard Starship in 2024
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
SpaceX is developing a massive stainless-steel Starship that will one day take one hundred passengers to Mars. The company aims to launch the fist Starship with cargo by 2022 and targets 2024 for the first crewed voyage to Mars. The first mission to Mars will consist of taking over 100 tons of cargo humans will need to survive on the rough Martian environment. Vital things like Oxygen and food will be transported to Mars first, so, when the first astronauts arrive, they will have more survival resources. Then, the second mission will transport the first humans to the Red Planet.
Yes— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2020
