How future spacecraft might handle tricky landings on Venus or Europa0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 29, 2020
Fan-powered descents and nimble landing legs are just two ideas for touching down safely
Fan-powered descents and nimble landing legs are just two ideas for touching down safely
In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or the “seven sisters”. Look carefully and you will probably count six stars. So why do we say there are seven of them?
Even by the wild standards of the outer solar system, the strange orbits that carry Neptune’s two innermost moons are unprecedented, according to newly published research.
Findings in need of more proof include potential signs of life on Venus and Earth’s oldest parasites
To reach the Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific, humans crossed more than 2,000 kilometers of open ocean, and around 2,000 years earlier than any other sea travel over an equally long distance. They settled in the Marianas around 3,500 years ago, slightly earlier than the initial settlement of Polynesia.
OneWeb, the satellite firm rescued by the British government and India’s Bharti Group, resumed flights on Friday in its push to provide global broadband coverage as 36 of its satellites blasted off into orbit from Russia’s Far East.
Mike Pence says “soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians will be defending our nation for generations to come”.
Wooden fragment from at least 3000BC discovered by chance by Egyptian university researcher
Most of the alien civilizations that ever dotted our galaxy have probably killed themselves off already.
A very rare, once-in-a-lifetime celestial event will shine brightly in the sky on Monday evening – weather permitting, of course.