March 2020: spacecraft subjected to brutal tests for launch

[ad_1] When I test a vacuum, I just squirt the oats on the floor. When NASA tests one, you get this. NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA will not leave any untreated Martian rocks while it will prepare the next Mars robot for the chaos of space travel and landing on the Red Planet. Over the last … Read more

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink Internet satellites on Thursday from …

[ad_1] CAP CANAVERAL, FLA. – After winds and a software update that triggered two launch attempts last week, SpaceX launched 60 low-Earth-orbit Internet satellites on Thursday night. The 60 Starlink satellites, congested in the nose cone of the Falcon 9 rocket, are the heaviest payload ever recorded for a SpaceX rocket, weighing nearly 19 tons, … Read more

Scientists beat high temperature superconductor record

[ad_1] Recent theoretical predictions have shown that a new class of materials based on superconducting hydrides could pave the way for higher temperature superconductivity. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Chemistry in Germany have teamed up with researchers at the University of Chicago to create one of these materials, lanthanum superhydrides, to test their … Read more

Set of rockets built in Alabama for the test of the inhabited capsule

[ad_1] Before a big rocket booster boarded a bigger boat at Decatur on Thursday, American pride – especially the pride of American spaceflight – shone as if the Stars and Stripes were at Independence Day. . In fact, United Launch Alliance celebrated the imminent dispatch of its Atlas V recall in Cape Canaveral, Florida. What … Read more

NASA will send your name to Mars with the Rover 2020

[ad_1] March 2020 is preparing well. NASA recently revealed that its rover-hauling spacecraft was largely completed and in testing – well before its launch window of July 2020 – and now accepts the names of "travelers" full of hope on Mars who wish to participate in the action. No, you can not really go to … Read more

Melting of small glaciers could add 10 inches to sea level

[ad_1] The Kennicott Glacier flows from the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska. Credit: Regine Hock A new review of glacier research data paints a picture of a future planet with much less ice and much more water. Glaciers around the world are expected to lose between 18% and 36% of their mass by 2100, which would … Read more