... and upgrading. The telescope only became fully operational after an initial servicing mission in 1993 to install two devices to fix Hubble’s vision after it was launched with an incorrectly shaped primary mirror. A safety failure by a ship captain...
... for which there is no substitute material; a component of high-strength-to-weight Al-Li alloys; beryllium oxide for spacecraft cooling devices and heat shields; boric acid, used for high-quality printed circuit board manufacture and plating...
... pressurised interior of the Skylab space station. When the Shuttle came along with a requirement for a similar device for extra vehicular activity (EVA) work, McCandless was well placed to help manufacturer Martin Marietta develop...
... area of science and technology will be the creation of the Asgardian infrastructure that is independent from Earth - handheld devices for Asgardians that will combine the functions of passports, credit cards and our usual smart phones...
... is possible to see much dimmer and closer in planets like those in our own solar system. By including a spectrometer, a device that separates light into its constituent colours, it becomes possible to see signatures of molecules making up the planet...
...) techniques, a technology based on the active emission of microwaves (currently in the range 1-35 GHz, considering operational devices and demonstrators) and detection of the backscattered signal. Current payloads can generate radar images with...