Category: Space

NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves

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Post date March 10, 2019
Categories In gear, jet, Nasa, shockwave, Space, supersonic, t-38, Tech, thebigpicture, thenewbigpicture, x-59quesst
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[ad_1] The jets shown in the images are T-38s flying at 28,000 feet or so. They were captured by a B200 King Air flying a pattern just 2,000 feet above them, equipped with 1,400 fps cameras mounted on a special arm. They show the shockwaves, or rapid pressure changes that result when an aircraft flies […]

Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon return to Earth starting at 2 AM ET

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Post date March 7, 2019
Categories In commercial crew program, Crew Dragon, gear, iss, Nasa, Space, Spacex, Tech
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[ad_1] Just about a week after launching on its inaugural voyage, the SpaceX Crew Dragon has one more step to complete: returning to Earth. First, the uncrewed spacecraft will undock from the International Docking Adapter on the ISS that it has called home for the last few days, which is scheduled to occur at about […]

Watch the Hayabusa2 probe touch down on asteroid Ryugu

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Post date March 6, 2019
Categories In asteroid, gear, hayabusa2, jaxa, ryugu, Space, Tech
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[ad_1] Hayabusa2 has been orbiting Ryugu since mid-2018 to find the perfect spot for its touchdown. It took over a day for the probe to descend from its orbit, but the contact itself lasted only for a second. The video below shows the event at five times its actual speed: JAXA plans to use the […]