The Roman Colosseum has been found to be leaning about sixteen inches to the south.
The Roman Colosseum has been found to be leaning about sixteen inches to the south.
Tag: engineering
The Russians today successfully redocked their unmanned Progress freighter to ISS, using a new docking system.
Success: The Russians today successfully redocked their unmanned Progress freighter to ISS, using a new docking system.
The Marines have put in an order for 12,000 M1911 pistols, the iconic 45 caliber pistol designed by John Browning more than a 100 years ago and used by the American military for most of the first half of the 20th century.
Comeback: The Marines have put in an order for 12,000 M1911 pistols, the iconic 45 caliber pistol designed by John Browning more than a 100 years ago and used by the American military for most of the first half of the 20th century.
Tesla Turret Opera (Cara Mia Addio)
An evening pause: Watch the sparks and tell me you know what defines life.
July 28 has now been set for the next docking attempt by a Progress freighter to ISS using Russia’s new docking system.
July 28 has now been set for the next docking attempt by a Progress freighter to ISS to test Russia’s new docking system.
The U.S. military is developing plans to recycle orbiting space junk into workable satellites.
The U.S. military is developing plans to recycle orbiting space junk into workable satellites.
Solar Impulse has successfully completed the first intercontinental roundtrip powered only by solar power.
A solar powered experimental airplane has successfully completed the first intercontinental roundtrip between Europe and Africa.
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner has successfully completed an 18 mile dive in preparation for a record 23 mile dive next month.
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner has successfully completed an 18 mile dive in preparation for a record 23 mile dive next month.
One of Kepler’s reaction wheels — used to orient the space telescope — has failed.
Bad news: One of Kepler’s four reaction wheels — used to orient the space telescope — has failed.
Kepler only needs three wheels to function – one to control the probe’s motion along each axis – and the probe resumed its observations on 20 July. “Kepler is functioning very well on three reaction wheels,” says mission manager Roger Hunter of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. If the glitch can’t be fixed, though, Kepler will be left without a backup wheel. “This is reducing the odds of making the mission go as long as we can,” says Kepler chief scientist William Borucki of NASA Ames, who doubts that Kepler could point accurately enough to look for transiting planets if reduced to two reaction wheels. “It was a disappointing surprise to find this wheel stopped so early.”
Mars Odyssey has successfully adjusted its orbit so as to provide up-to-the-minute communications when Curiosity lands on August 5.
Good news: Mars Odyssey has successfully adjusted its orbit so as to provide up-to-the-minute communications when Curiosity lands on August 5.
A test redocking of a new automatic docking system on a Russian Progress freighter was aborted last night when the system did not work as planned.
A test redocking of a new automatic docking system on a Russian Progress freighter was aborted last night when the system did not work as planned.
They will probably try again on the weekend, after a Japanese cargo craft is berthed with the station.
NASA successfully tested a new inflatable heat shield today.
NASA successfully tested a new inflatable heat shield today in a suborbital flight at Wallops Island..