14 June 2019
First experiments on Chinese Space Station announced
...) study, understanding the behaviour of partially miscible fluid in microgravity, investigating the instabilities of edge flames in the absence of gravity, learning how disease-causing bacteria behave on an altered/reduced gravitational environments...
24 March 2021
For the first time, astronomers image magnetic fields around M87 black hole
... study polarised light? All common sources of light, including the Sun, incandescent and fluorescent lights and flames produce unpolarised light; unpolarised light refers to a light wave that is vibrating in more than one plane, whereas...
17 January 2025
Investigation launched after SpaceX Spaceship 7 explodes
... by rival Blue Origin. Videos posted on social media showed the upgraded Starship 7 spectacularly disintegrating in a shower of flames over the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. SpaceX, describing the explosion as “a rapid unscheduled...
26 February 2018
Abandoned in Place – Preserving America’s Space History
... book includes shots of launch pads and wind tunnels alongside details of concrete blockhouse domes and rusting flame deflectors. Fans of the Saturn V will find the double-page spread of red-painted umbilical tower segments...
15 June 2020
Space Shuttle A Photographic Journey
... pad to its delta-wing silhouette gliding to a landing; from the raw power of the solid rocket booster flames to the stark clarity of the silent Orbiter engines in space. It’s always difficult to choose favourites, but the STS...
18 January 2021
NASA's SLS engine test ends early
... electrical power, supplied more than 330,000 gallons of water per minute to protect the test stand flame deflector and ensure the structural integrity of the core stage, and captured data needed to evaluate the...
