I did the math and man, I could have saved a ridiculous amount of money if I had waited until Amazon Prime Day. I’ll admit that I haven’t done all of the gear in my lineup; much of it is no longer produced and other pieces are out of stock. But it’s clear that the … Read more
Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station, but it was hardly a patriotic display of technical prowess. The two NASA astronauts arrived at the space station on June 6 for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission. But their return … Read more
The International Space Station can’t last forever, but since it first went into service in 2000, there has always been a crew of astronauts living and working in space. NASA has already announced that it has selected SpaceX to build the American Deorbit Vehicle, which is supposed to safely deorbit the space station around 2030. … Read more
New houses could be built behind a well-known gas station that thousands of people pass every day. Plans have been submitted to demolish workshops behind the Six Mile Garage service station on Stone Street, between Hythe and Canterbury. The former workshops behind the Six Mile Garage petrol station on Stone Street, between Hythe and Canterbury, … Read more
New houses could be built behind a well-known gas station that thousands of people pass every day. Plans have been submitted to demolish workshops behind the Six Mile Garage service station on Stone Street, between Hythe and Canterbury. The former workshops behind the Six Mile Garage petrol station on Stone Street, between Hythe and Canterbury, … Read more
Since the International Space Station (ISS) went into service in 2000, astronauts and cosmonauts have been on the planet continuously, flying around the Earth every 90 minutes. Throughout its existence, the floating laboratory has been a crucible for scientific experiments, long-term space exploration research and international collaboration. So far, 280 astronauts have traveled to the … Read more
Kent’s only ambulance station, St John’s, is set to close as the charity makes huge cuts. Four staff members at the Ashford base are at risk of redundancy. A worker at St John’s Ambulance in Ashford says the charity’s cuts will see 25 ambulances taken off the road across the country An employee who wished … Read more
Engineers are currently busy making the first parts of what will eventually become the Gateway Space Station. One day, if all goes according to plan, Gateway will serve as the first lunar orbiting space station, and the moon’s first true transportation hub. While not intended to be permanently inhabited, the station is being built to … Read more
The International Space Station is the largest, most complex and most important element of space infrastructure ever deployed, and one of the most incredible engineering feats in human history. It is the result of an international, diplomatic initiative that reconciles the Western and Eastern worlds in space by combining the two space stations that had … Read more
It’s no secret that the International Space Station has an expiration date. The only variable is how it will be delivered to Earth. NASA has now enlisted SpaceX for the mission and is paying the company $843 million to return the ISS safely. SpaceX, a private space venture owned by Elon Musk, will use the … Read more