Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and much more
Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies. Exploring Mars. All are there, alongside the more humdrum (if ...
Book Club: Read ‘Orbital,’ by Samantha Harvey, With the Book Review
In February, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Orbital,” a Booker Prize-winning novel following six people ...
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Perihelion: What is it and when does it occur?
Orbital precession is essentially a gradual ... the perihelion point slides around the barycenter with every subsequent orbit. The perihelions of all planets precess, which can mostly be explained ...
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Someone Is Looking Into Orbital Shipyards, Because We All Need Spacecraft to Escape Earth
American space agency NASA awarded a NIAC grant to ThinkOrbital for a study into building a shipyard in space using ...
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Scientists Reveal How Earth's Shifting Magnetic Field Affects Auroras and Orbital Systems
Earth’s magnetic field, generated by movements within its molten iron core, serves as a protective shield against solar winds ...
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OTD In Space – February 4: STS-63 Launches 'Orbital Debris Calibration Sphere'
On February 4, 1995, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery launched an itty bitty satellite called an Orbital Debris ...
UK invests $25 million in orbital rocket, seeking to unlock satellite launch capability
Britain on Wednesday announced a 20 million pound ($24.84 million) investment in space company Orbex to help build an orbital rocket, used to put satellites into orbit, and launch it later this year ...