...-piece set is a decent facsimile of the ISS, measuring about 48 x 30 x 24 cm when complete. It is mounted on a Lego-built stand with a Space Shuttle, capsule and several ‘cargo spacecraft’ that can be docked to the station. Like the real thing, the...
... able to design his own vehicles and hardware, which he did to great effect: ‘ferry rockets’, forerunners of the Space Shuttle, a space station powered by solar energy, Moon bases and much more. The Czech artist Ludek Pesek is often...
...-going activities we can discuss power in several ways. According to NASA, the main engines propelling the Space Shuttle to Earth orbit generate a total of 37 million horse-power. Alternatively, we can define power in terms of work/time, as an astro...
...to provide a better understanding of Duchene Muscular Dystrophy. The ISS and the Space Shuttle have been crucial in providing a backdrop for successful discoveries in space and microgravity research connected to life sciences It was found that as the...
... 2018 after nearly 33 years in a career that started as a cardiovascular investigator on Space Shuttle flights, spanned the NASA missions to the Russian space station Mir, the Shuttle flight of John Glenn, and Columbia’s last mission, and included...
... lifeboat that will, at least, provide assurance that there will be funding in future. Artist’s concept depicting the Space Shuttle Endeavour with the 60 m (200 ft) antenna of its SAR sensor almost deployed in Earth orbit. Today, companies are...