Author: Dany

An autonomous landing of a probe on the moon was captured by its camera in the comment.
(Chang’e 3 – 2013, December 14)

December 24, 2022

1) Probe comes down by running engine in opposite direction to orbital motion and reducing horizontal speed. 2) Orientation of probe is controlled according to descent.3) Controls downward and lateral speed.4) Hover after reaching a certain height after reducing speeds. 5) Hover and take pictures of the lunar surface below and process the image to…

OPPENHEIMER A Film by Christopher Nolan

December 22, 2022

Oppenheimer is the next film of Christopher Nolan who directed hit films like Interstellar. The movie that fans all over the world are waiting for. A few words about Oppenheimer. But it does not go into the interior of the movie.He was an American theoretical physicist with German roots and was also a physics teacher…

‘Rashid’ sent the first message

December 20, 2022

UAE’s ‘Rashid’ rover, the Arab world’s first lunar probe, sent its first message after launch. UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the first message was sent to the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Khawaneej, the UAE space center. It was informed through…

GOOGOL Number

December 19, 2022

Googol is one of the largest numbers in the universe…It’s value is 10^100… It seems like it is there but it’s a bigger number than we can imagine… If you want to know its size, just remember one thing… Even if you count all the particles in the Observable Universe, its number is about 10^…

This is a dream come true for 26-year-old Katya Ekyasarate

December 17, 2022

Born and raised in Vadalajara, Mexico, a girl named Katya Echazarate always dreamed of space travel. But Katya’s parents, friends and teachers all said that it is not possible for people like us. Now this 26-year-old has made her dream come true. As part of Blue Origin’s mission, Katya Echazarate became the first Mexican-American and…

The man in the tricone – Sergey Krikalev – the last USSR citizen.

November 26, 2022

Being stuck indoors or in a car for a few hours can be a terrifying experience. Being stuck in a zero-gravity space station 350 kilometers from Earth for almost a year can be quite a terrifying experience. One man who went through such a situation is Sergei Krikalev, a Soviet/Russian cosmonaut. The Mir space station…

How does zero gravity train astronauts?

November 24, 2022

Zero gravity can be created artificially Objects have weight because they are attracted by the earth. Acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 meters per second. Even if an object is dropped in a controlled manner with the same acceleration, it will feel weightless during the fall. So if a human-carried vehicle can be brought as…

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System.

November 23, 2022

This high-resolution image of Io, Jupiter’s fifth moon, taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft was published on December 18, 1997. Io’s surface is dotted with hundreds of volcanoes, some of which spew sulfurous plumes hundreds of miles high.

LND43 NEBULA

November 15, 2022

About 1,400 light-years away, the nebula, known as LND43, is blocked by dense molecular layers that block the light behind it from reaching us. The image also shows some parts of the “bat” burning up due to the birth of baby stars. He is standing 12 light years in the constellation Ophiuchus with his wings…