Stratolaunch, the company of American billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, has news for us. In the Californian desert, in complete peace, they built the largest plane that will fly into space. As befits a billionaire. This huge airship was taken for its first 'walk-through' last Wednesday and it looks, well, megalomaniacal.
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Are you fascinated by space photography? Then we have great news for you. The American space agency Nasa launched a new website on which it published all its photos and videos taken since 1920.
Whether there is life in the universe is a question that has plagued man for thousands of years. The American space agency Nasa is one step closer to the answer after it discovered substances on one of Saturn's moons (Enkelad) that indicate that there could be life on it, which means that there should also be conditions on it that would could make life possible.
Do you like to sleep and lie in bed? Then we have the dream job for you. French scientists studying microgravity are looking for 24 men who are willing to lie in bed for 60 days. They will also be paid handsomely for this.
Recently, Elon Musk announced that SpaceX is planning a commercial flight around the Moon for two tourists in 2018. The next question that arises is what will humans wear once we start walking en masse on other planets. The answer was offered by designer Clement Fernandes, who created the 38%_2101 concept sneaker designed for walking on Mars.
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.
A planet only 40 light-years away was discovered by NASA with the Spitzer Space Telescope. These orbit the star TRAPPIST-1. Of the seven planets in this system, as many as three meet the characteristics that life could exist on them, or that all the conditions for the formation of life are met.
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.
In the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey asks Mary if she wants the moon and tells her to just say so and he'll throw a lasso around her and pull her down to Earth. Today it's a little easier, because Sonja Waldraff has made jewelry that is a mini replica of the Moon. How much, as evidenced by the fact that the Mondschatz space jewelry collection was created on the basis of NASA's topographical map of the Moon.
No, these are not the spacesuits from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, this is a new model of clothing for astronauts from the American space agency Nasa. The new spacesuit is named Boeing Starliner, after the spacecraft that astronauts will use for trips to space in the near future.
Planetarium Ljubljana has opened on the Ajdovščina platform in Ljubljana, a unique hall for 30 people with a digital projection system, in which we can learn about space and astronomy. Under the white dome, content on astronomy, space and biology will be broadcast. The planetarium will remain at this location for at least two years. An open house will be held on October 21, 2016, followed by a premiere screening a day later.
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'.











