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Blue Origin reusable rocket is experiencing. But why so secretive?
Sunday, April 29, the company Blue Origin conducted another test launch of a new reusable rocket New Shepard and the space vehicle which in future will be used as a tourist ship bringing people to the borders of outer space. For a...
Pacsafe — best backpacks bags with protection from thieves
the Last few years backpacks have become increasingly popular among students and even among top managers of large companies, which have not hesitate to go to subway in big cities and appreciate the format of backpack capacity. Cri...
Other person: how a year-long mission on the ISS influenced American astronaut
In 2016, the American astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a 340-day stay aboard the International space station (ISS). Such extended space travel became a part of the program space Agency NASA to study the effects of lon...
China is developing a reusable military spaceplane
China is developing a reusable spacecraft designed to perform all sorts of tasks, including of a military character attacks, foreign spacecraft, space stations, and even intercept ballistic missiles. In addition, a reusable spacep...
NASA is developing an implant that prevents muscle atrophy in cosmonauts
As shown, the long stay in weightlessness affects muscle mass. And despite the fact that astronauts in orbit are daily engaged on special simulators, even after half a year in space they still need to undergo a long rehabilitation...
How to make a trip back in time physically possible?
the Idea that we could go back in time to change the past, became one of the favorite techniques in movies, literature and television series. "Harry Potter", "Back to the future", "Groundhog Day" and many other movies promised us ...
Private new Zealand aerospace company is preparing for the second test run
the new Zealand company Rocket Lab is aiming to market the private space sector, is preparing for the second test launch of his missiles Electron. Next week, on Friday, December 8, will open the 10-day window within which the comp...
10 things that happen to you and your body in space
With each passing day it becomes increasingly clear that sooner or later a new space race will lead to the fact that humanity will leave the same Earth-mother. Whether we want it or not, space travel will become an integral part o...
The story of the offspring mongrels who paved the way into space
the Engineers, imprisoned Husky in a narrow windowless space capsule, the "Sputnik 2" November 3, 1957, knew that seeing her one last time. Following the success of "Sputnik-1" on 4 October, Nikita Khrushchev ordered to send into ...
Saudi Arabia is investing in space tourism $ 1 billion
the Head of the American company, Richard Branson has got a very powerful and rich friend Saudi Arabia. Perhaps with the support of the state, his dream will finally be realized in the space will be able to fly not only the past y...
Spaceship graveyard: what is it and where is it located?
the Most distant from land point on Earth has many names, but most often it is called point Nemo, or oceanic pole of inaccessibility. It is located at the coordinates 48°52,6' South latitude and 123°to 23.6' West longitude. The cl...
Elon Musk: the rocket engine Raptor would be safer airliner
In a recent AMA («question-answer») the Mask on Reddit asked about the Raptor rocket engine. He said that the engine — is the icing on the cake, to the same highly scalable, but the main difficulties will be associ...
Discovery and Google took the VR-series about a trip around the world
the Discovery Channel has teamed up with Google to create a unique television series, filmed for headsets . Viewers will be able to visit all seven continents and in the course of a 38-serial travel to meet with the people, the cu...
NASA solves the issue of the impact of cosmic radiation on the body
Cosmic radiation is one of the main stopping factors of manned research of the nearest (and not only) of space by mankind. Recently concluded research program, HI-SEAS V, held in an isolated area of the Hawaiian Islands, placing t...
China has established the EM Drive? Experts doubt
After a lull, the news of the "impossible electromagnetic engine" back. Researchers from the Chinese space Agency has published through local news Agency the video, which allegedly shows the functioning of the electromagnetic moto...
So at different times saw a future of interstellar travel
In 1973, the British interplanetary society — the first and oldest organization, the purpose of which was announced exclusively space research, development and support of space exploration, — launched an ambitious five...
When the first person leaves the Solar system?
in a thousand years. At least this much time will it take humanity to get to the nearest star Proxima Centauri using current technology and methods. And yet, since astronomers have discovered that near of this star may be at least...
Interstellar travel will be possible sooner than you think
once humanity had ambitions that have led to such incredible projects as the first manned flight into space or a mission to the moon. The next step will be colonization of planets, and then interstellar travel. Initiative Breakthr...
Formed by 22 people, a team of NASA astronauts for future space missions
American space Agency NASA has announced the completion of the formation of the 22-th group, consisting of 12 . Participants were recruited from different parts of the U.S., bringing the team includes nuclear physicist, mechanic a...
Russian MS-21 aircraft made its first test flight
In early may, 2017 the Corporation «.» responsible for the development of the Russian aircraft MS-21, that the first flying prototype has already been released and is ready to test in the air. Three weeks later, the airc...