How Long Does It Take to Go Through the Entire Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex? You should expect to spend at least 6 hours at the Visitor Complex. We recommend the full day (9 hours) if you truly want to see everything. Is it worth going to Cape Canaveral? Yes,Read More →
Spatially structured photons that travel in free space slower than the speed of light. Science, 2015; DOI: 10.1126/science. Does light travel at the same speed in space? Through the vacuum of space, no matter what their energy is, they always travel at the speed of light. … The highest-energy photonRead More →
People have suggested that placing the perpetual motion machine inside a vacuum would create a frictionless system. Unfortunately even vacuums aren’t ever ‘perfect’ vacuums and there is always some friction there that will stop the motion eventually. Is there a perpetual motion machine that works? Apparent perpetual motion machines. AsRead More →
In spaceflight, an orbital maneuver (otherwise known as a burn) is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft. For spacecraft far from Earth (for example those in orbits around the Sun) an orbital maneuver is called a deep-space maneuver (DSM). Can you propel yourself inRead More →
The area has been used in the filming of numerous Star Trek productions, including at least ten television episodes and two movies. Where did they film the original Star Trek? Both the unaired and aired pilot of The Original Series – titled “The Cage” and “Where No Man Has GoneRead More →
Astronaut Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space on mission STS-41G aboard Challenger. As a Payload Specialist, he is responsible for CANEX -1, a set of Canadian experiments. On this mission, Canadarm is operated for the ninth time on a space shuttle flight. Did Roberta Bondar go space? Dr.Read More →
The U.S. launched a chimp named Ham on a suborbital spaceflight on Jan. 31, 1961. Ham reached an altitude of 157 miles (253 km) during a 16.5-minute flight and was recovered unharmed, though a bit dehydrated. Why did they send a chimp to space? Before mankind took the giant leap,Read More →
Jeff Bezos announced last month that he would go to space on July 20, along with his brother and two other people, on his company’s New Shepard. One of those passengers will be Wally Funk. How many astronaut have been in space? Statistics. As of January 2018, people from 37Read More →
A space probe is an unmanned space mission, usually a small spacecraft sent out to find out information about a planet or other far away thing. … As a tool of space exploration a planetary probe may land on the planet, or orbit around it, or merely fly by closely.Read More →
Generally, parallel parking requires you to select an empty space that is at least 5 feet longer than your car. You can back your car into this space, then move it forward, so there is sufficient room between your vehicle and the cars in front of and behind it. HowRead More →