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    Space Exploration

    Did You Know? The Space Shuttle Ran On Only One Megabyte Of RAM!

    February 9, 2023 /

    It's true! NASA's space shuttle was controlled by a computer running on only one megabyte of RAM. How was this possible? Since the space shuttle and all its hardware was over 30 years old during its last flight in 2011, so was its computer.

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    How Does Space Fever Affect an Astronaut’s Health?

    February 17, 2018
    NASA Heat Shield Technology. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. License: CC BY 2.0.

    NASA Called College Students to Develop an Inflatable Heat Shield

    April 16, 2016
  • Evolution of the spacesuit infographic
    Space Exploration

    Evolution of the Space Suit [Infographic]

    June 30, 2013 /

    Two types of pressurized suits are in use today: "escape suits" worn inside the craft during launch and landing, and full "EVA" suits worn for working in the vacuum of space. NASA escape suits are colored International Orange for easy spotting by rescuers in the event of an emergency landing.

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    Earth Space View

    The ESA’s New Satellite Is Nearly Ready for Launch

    November 27, 2017
    NASA Heat Shield Technology. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. License: CC BY 2.0.

    NASA Called College Students to Develop an Inflatable Heat Shield

    April 16, 2016

    RIP. Neil Armstrong

    August 26, 2012
  • Space Exploration

    The International Space Station: Inside and Out [Infographic]

    January 28, 2013 /

    “Begun in 1998 with the launch of the first component from Russia, the construction of the International Space Station (ISS) is the most complex space project ever undertaken. At $100 billion it is in fact the single most expensive object ever built.” Taken from the infographic below:

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    Milky Way Night Sky

    The ESA Just Released the Most Comprehensive Image of the Milky Way

    April 28, 2018
    Satellites

    Could Space Junk Be a Threat to Our Hi-Tech Way of Life?

    April 15, 2013
    Mars Planet Atmosphere

    Inside the Monster Rocket to Mars: How Did NASA Build and Fund the SLS?

    October 11, 2016
  • Futurism,  Space Exploration

    Inflatable Space Stations

    March 13, 2010 /

    NASA is considering the use of inflatable modules for the International Space Station (ISS). This idea has been proposed as early as in the 1960s, but it has never been put to use in space until Bigelow Aerospace took over the idea and developed two working prototypes and tested them in space.

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    May 13, 2015
    Astronaut ISS

    How Does Space Fever Affect an Astronaut’s Health?

    February 17, 2018
    Google Car photo by smoothgroover22. License: CC BY-SA 2.0.

    5 Reasons You Need to Embrace the Self-Driving Car

    October 9, 2015

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