April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... state practice that has existed since the dawn of the Space Age. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the... human history. The global community resolved early in the Space Age that space was not to become just another battlefield. Disputes would...
20 January 2016
Our view of Van Allen belts set to be revolutionised by new data from NASA probes
...The Van Allen belts were the first discovery of the space age, and our understanding of their shape has largely remained ...help us understand how radiation belts evolve during extreme space weather events,” said project scientist Sasha Ukhorskiy, in...
21 June 2021
Not Necessarily Rocket Science
... “Delta V”, presumably to give her a subtle ‘boost’ into that ‘orbit’. Subtitled “A Beginner’s Guide to Life in the Space Age”, the book takes an increasingly familiar tack for books designed for the Facebook or Instagram generation. It is a mixture...
20 September 2021
SpaceX all-civilian crew completes historic orbital mission
... up a "whole new chapter in human spaceflight" because the public was able to see civilians in space. "Welcome to the second space age," Ericson said. With the trips completion, "space travel becomes much more accessible to average men and women."
06 December 2019
Parker Solar Probe reveals major new insights on the Sun
...the sun predict," said Justin Kasper, a professor of climate and space sciences and engineering at the University of Michigan who serves as ...seen in the solar wind from the start of the space age, and we assumed that closer to the Sun the waves...
29 March 2018
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Owners’ Workshop Manual
... one the most iconic spacecraft of the entire Space Age and this Haynes Workshop Manual provides a good... to the HST to (briefly) its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. Significant sections include those on the design and development of ...
