Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that a new rocket test took place this morning, February 13, in northern Sweden. A Maser rocket carried five scientific experiments to the edge of space, providing scientists with 5 to 6 minutes of weightlessness.
The Maser-12 climbed to an altitude of about 250 ... |
13 February 2012
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When traveling in space, astronauts are known to be at a higher risk of getting sick. This happens for a wide variety of reasons, ranging from the fact that they never get enough sleep to the size of their quarters, the effects of weightlessness, and the stress associated with their high-risk jobs, and with being awa... |
17 May 2010
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Decades ago, the American space agency conducted a wide variety of tests aimed at benefiting its Moon-oriented program. Some of these investigations revolved around developing means of creating artificial gravity in space, so as to protect its astronauts from the harmful effects of being subjected to weightlessness f... |
12 May 2010
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On Saturday, June 20, an American couple will get married in the weightlessness of an aircraft dive, inside a plane known as The Vomit Comet. The two New Yorkers, Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan, will tie the knot in this fashion because they have both been fascinated by space since their early years, and also because ... |
4 June 2009
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Space sickness, or the Space Adaptation Syndrome, is experienced by astronauts while transitioning from a gravitational field to another, such as during space travel. Although it only lasts for the first few days of the space trip, space sickness can also affect experienced astronauts even after a long period of time... |
23 May 2008
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Extreme sports fanatics would really enjoy this new invention, as it turns a horizontally-standing running treadmill into a vertical one, or even a sideways one. Workouts will never be the same! Don't get to excited though, I don't think you will find this baby in any gyms any time soon. NASA has been devel... |
4 February 2008
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This week, Astrium, a wholly owned subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS, the largest European aerospace corporation, presented a revolutionary new vehicle for space tourism the size of a business jet.The Astrium space jet will be able to carry four passengers 100 km up into space, pro... |
14 June 2007
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