The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years. Since it was put into Earth's orbit a quarter of a century ago, it has greatly changed our view of space. The venerable jubilee, which will be celebrated in 60 places in Europe alone, is an opportunity to take a look at what the famous telescope has contributed. He certainly had a hand in many astronomical discoveries, including helping to figure out the size and age of the universe, which is why it originally came into being.
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The infernal heat that planet Earth is facing right now is not just an innocent scorching sun, but has left many consequences in the world. A satellite image launched by Nasa shows that the situation is not the best.
Space salad? Even children would eat these types of vegetables. But so far, the honor has only gone to the astronauts on the International Space Station ISS, who set a new milestone by growing the first food in space (Project Veggie). It is a new step in training humans for a mission on Mars and an idea that has been toyed with in many films, the latest of which is The Martian.
Photographer Benedict Redgrove got exclusive access to the premises of the American space agency Nasa, where he took stunning photos of their present and past 'railway'.
The film Hidden Figures (2016) is a true and inspiring story about three black female scientists who worked at the American space agency NASA when the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was at its peak. The film boasts three Oscar nominations, namely for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.
Although many people think that Mars is our next stop, since it is in many ways the mirror image of Earth, NASA has been toying with the idea of life on Venus, which is also called Earth's evil twin, for some time. They developed the concept of a floating city that would grow in its atmosphere and enable permanent settlement. The project is called HAVOC.
Assembling Ikea furniture isn't rocket science. After all, one of the basic guidelines of the Swedish giant is to keep products simple. Because NASA is not. At least that's what we can imagine. So what do NASA and Ikea have in common? So far, nothing tangible, but there has been some smoke between them lately. And where there's smoke, there's fire.
Women have played one of the key roles in the history of the space program. Nevertheless, their stories are too often silenced. Recently, the movie Hidden Figures said something, and now the Danish toy manufacturer Lego is also paying tribute to female astronauts, engineers and scientists and their contribution.
70 years have passed since the first flight that broke the sound barrier. That's when Charles Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 and made history for all time. Now, after so many years, NASA, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, is planning a supersonic passenger plane. What is the thing that worries their engineers the most or scratching their brains? Let's see.
Alyssa Carson is a NASA apprentice who may become the first human to land on Mars - she wants to make her mark in other fields as well, as evidenced by the launch of a unique suitcase she named the M5 NASA Edition.
If in 1960 the first woman who wanted to become an astronaut was rejected at NASA, today women are writing a new history of flights into space. Half of NASA's future astronauts who have trained at the training center for the past two years are women. Will they also become members of the first human expedition to Mars?
Available on Apple TV+, the series "For All Mankind" takes us to an alternate history where the Soviets defeat the Americans in the race to the moon. Created by Ronald D. Moore along with Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, this intriguing series explores what would happen if the space race never ended. This is the best series for SFCI fans.