At the surface such a body is enveloped in a shell of relatively cool matter. Now suppose a great attracting body, such as another sun,…
On 29 September 2017, Elon Musk announced an updated vehicle design for the Mars mission at the International Astronautical Congress. The replacement vehicle for this…
Rocks are named after the children or family members of astronauts or NASA employees. The name “Jazzy”, for example, was taken from a girl named…
Some predictions of general relativity differ significantly from those of classical physics, especially concerning the passage of time, the geometry of space, the motion of…
Each rocket type requires a different kind of propellant: chemical rockets require propellants capable of undergoing exothermic chemical reactions, which provide the energy to accelerate…
Advantage of the MOA concept is its corrosion free behaviour, leading to a long lifetime of the system. The same magnetic fields that generate the…
