Tag Archives: space

Out of this World – Space Junk and Just Junk

Posted on September 3, 2019

Where humans lead, trash follows. Space is no exception. Orbiting our planet is an unknown amount of space junk. There is a very real risk of this junk colliding and creating small pieces of debris that go on to damage … Read more

Reaching Orbit – Noppity Nope Nope

Posted on May 7, 2019

Welcome to the first installment of technology gone awry. These are new advancements that get a big NOPE of disapproval. A company called StartRocket has big plans to launch a flock of cubesats with the sole purpose of floating advertisements … Read more

Reaching Orbit – Short Attention Span

Posted on May 1, 2018

Last month I wrote a rather facetious article for those of us who can’t be bothered to read more than a few sentences at a time. Continuing this trend entertains me, so here we go again. Welcome to the short-short … Read more

Out of This World

Posted on August 2, 2016

While space may be the final frontier, Mars is certainly on the most immediate horizon. As NASA continues to test Orion to make the long journey to the red planet, they are looking even further ahead to the technologies necessary … Read more

Reaching Orbit – Juno Mission

Posted on July 12, 2016

It’s big and it’s gassy. No I’m talking about your father despite their similarities! I’m talking about Jupiter, the largest and most mysterious planet in our solar system, with its giant belts and intense radiation. Back in 2011, NASA launched … Read more

Out of This World – Pictures from Space

Posted on April 5, 2016

The Universe is incomparably large, unimaginably so, and there is a vastness of time and distance yet to be explored. Humans have fashioned sensors to gather data as far as they can see into time to find habitable planets and … Read more

Reaching Orbit – Scott Kelly

Posted on April 5, 2016

This creative infographic sums up some of the effects space had on Scott Kelly. (Credit: NASA)Kelly snapped a picture of a frozen lake in the Himalayas. (Photo Credit: NASA)While some were enjoying a romantic gondola ride in Italy,… Read more

Reaching Orbit – LISA Pathfinder, the Hunt for Gravitational Waves

Posted on March 8, 2016

While we are celebrating the first direct measurement of gravitational waves from a ground-based observatory, researchers are already on track to send up a space-based observatory to detect the same gravitational waves. Detecting these waves in space is the next … Read more

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