Category: History

Born to fly

May 22, 2022

Ten years ago today, Felix Baumgartner, a retired Austrian skydiver, set sail in a helium balloon in search of the boundaries of space.He reached 39km and was watched by over 3 million viewers on YouTube. From there, he sped down faster than sound, creating a sonic boom and speeding to 1356 km / h at…

Surface image of Venus from the Soviet landlord Venera 14 (1982).

May 14, 2022

This is a processed image from the spacecraft. On March 5, 1982, the spacecraft Venera 14 landed on the surface of Venus.

Can man survive death?

May 5, 2022

There are many immortal creatures in the biological world. Large red prawns found in the sea are biologically immortal. Some species of turtles can live up to five centuries. There are many creatures on this earth that live in impossible conditions. Bacteria such as Deinococcus radiodurans can survive in any adverse conditions. This micro-organism does…

One of the oldest known matter in the universe

May 2, 2022

The Murchison meteorite has a specialty to it. It’s not the type of rock that normally lies on the ground and is defined as a meteorite. These are meteorites obtained by direct observation of a meteorite eruption, which means that the samples were obtained fresh by scientists.On September 28, 1968, the meteorite exploded in the…

How long does it take to reach the planets in the Solar System? That means it depends on how fast you go.

April 16, 2022

But let’s see how long it has been since our spacecraft reached their destination. Launched on November 3, 1973, Mariner10 took 147 days to reach Mercury on March 29, 1974. But the speed still needs to go down a bit to reach the orbit. It took Messenger 1260 days to reach orbit. It will still…

In memory of the Apollo 13 mission (1970-April 11-17) – A successful failure

April 12, 2022

On April 11, 1970, Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, three NASA astronauts aboard Saturn V from the Kennedy Space Center for a major mission, finally abandoned the mission due to a fault in the oxygen tank in the service module and orbited the South South spacecraft on April 17. Down. The extraordinary courage…

Spinosaurus.

March 22, 2022

Now in the territory of North AfricaSpinosaurus is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaurs that lived from the Cenomanian to the Late Cretaceous to the Upper Turonian, about 99 to 93.5 million years ago. The name means Spine Lizard. The Spinosaurus was the largest of all known terrestrial carnivores to date.

A mysterious ice cave that produces ice only in summer

March 19, 2022

About four miles east of Potter County, Pennsylvania, Sweden is the most geographically stunning city in Cowdersport. There is a small cave. , A cave eight feet wide and ten feet long, with a pit forty feet deep. There is a layer of snow at the bottom of the cave. Large icicles up to 25…

Socotra – Galapagos in the Indian Ocean

March 14, 2022

Socotra is an island nation in the northwestern Indian Ocean off the coast of Aden, between Yemen and Somalia. The island community is part of Yemen. It is located 340 km from Yemen. Covering an area of ​​4,600 sq km, the island community is known as the Galapagos in the Indian Ocean. Socotra is estimated…