Tag: NASA
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Space stations: our future among the stars
Once the International Space Station is decommissioned in 2028, what will the next generation of orbital bases look like?
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Annus mirabilis: all the things that went right in 2017
It was a tale of two years – the best of times and the worst of times. But not everything went wrong – from Mata’s 1% to orangutans, we look at the good
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How a tax haven is leading the race to privatise space
Luxembourg has shown how far a tiny country can go by serving the needs of global capitalism. Now it has set its sights on outer space
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NASA-derived technology helps Bentley create this incredible 57.7 billion-pixel image. Even the curvature of the earth is visible.
To push beyond where others stop, British luxury automaker Bentley unveiled one of the world’s most detailed landscape images. NASA-derived technology helped Bentley create the 57.7 billion-pixel image, a gigapixel image revealing Bentley Flying Spur W12 S in the heart of Dubai. At the heart of the photograph sits a Bentley Flying Spur W12 S…
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SpaceX to launch a tourist trip around the moon
I’ve got a ticket to the moon I’ll be leaving here any day soon … The CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Elon Musk announced that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon. Targeted for late 2018, the space trip will use a space ship currently under development…
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NASA’s aeronautics research is building Quiet Supersonic X-plane
NASA’s aeronautics research is building Aviation Horizons X-plane – a quieter supersonic passenger jet. Taking a giant leap to the next generation of civilian aircraft, NASA begins work to build a quieter supersonic passenger jet. The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA’s award of a contract for…