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[ad_1] Financing a giant leap: how much does the Apollo program really cost Updated: 21:25 EDT 9-Jul-2019 The landing on the moon remains one of the most amazing enterprises of humanity 50 years later. But it was not really cheap. In 1969, a Saturn V rocket, the vehicle that propelled astronauts into space, cost up … Read more

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has discovered a new method that could be used to build quantum sensors with ultra-high accuracy. When individual atoms emit light, they do so in discrete packets called photons. When this light is measured, this discrete or "granular" nature causes … Read more

[ad_1] Financing a giant leap: how much does the Apollo program really cost Updated: 21:25 EDT 9-Jul-2019 The landing on the moon remains one of the most amazing enterprises of humanity 50 years later. But it was not really cheap. In 1969, a Saturn V rocket, the vehicle that propelled astronauts into space, cost up … Read more

[ad_1] China has clearly defined its ambitions in space by announcing the end of the construction of its first Martian rover, with a mission whose launch is scheduled for 2020. The main mission of the rover is to look for signs of life, but the probe will also explore whether the planet can be terraformed, … Read more

[ad_1] With the help of two NASA satellites, scientists have identified what is called the largest piece of algae ever seen. The vast carpet of brown sargasso Seaweed spreads across the Atlantic Ocean – a distance of about 5,500 km – and researchers claim that the alleged bloom could represent the "new normal" for parts … Read more

[ad_1] NASA landed the first astronauts on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, July 20, 1969. The historic Apollo 11 mission was soon followed by Apollo 12, Apolo 13, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17. On this list, the condemned Apollo 13 was the only mission never to land on … Read more

[ad_1] Artistic representation of the Washington Monument projection of a Saturn V rocket to be held next weekIllustration: Fifty Nine Productions / Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space On July 50, the fiftieth anniversary of the landing of the Moon announces. Events are being organized around Washington to celebrate the event. One of the most … Read more

[ad_1] Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the lunar module, walks on the moon's surface near the lunar module's "Eagle" leg during the first inhabited lunar landing of Apollo 11, July 20 1969. WASHINGTON: Twelve American men walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972, most of them describing in detail their experiences of … Read more

[ad_1] Rejoice, people of the Earth! According to the press, NASA plans to visit an asteroid in gold and other precious metals. At current prices, the minerals contained in the 16 Psyche asteroid would have enough value to give everyone on the planet 93 billion dollars (Dh341.54 billion). We will all be richer than Jeff … Read more