Why there are no stars in space photos? Or in moon landing photos? Because, when you try to shoot a very bright object (for example, the Earth) and very dim objects (stars) in the same frame, you cannot properly expose both. To be able to see the stars, the bright object would have to be …
Category Archives: Space Exploration
New Horizons’ fantastic voyage began with a spectacular launch in 2006 (video)
On January 19, 2006, aboard an Atlas V rocket, NASA’s New Horizons probe started its fantastic voyage of exploration with a spectacular launch from the Florida coast toward Pluto and the mysterious realm of the Kuiper Belt beyond.
Spain under a snow blanket
On January 12, 2021, the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite (see notes 1) captured this amazing photo of Spain under a snow blanket.
What do astronauts eat? The space diet
What do astronauts eat in space? After the holidays, interest in diets usually increases. Losing weight is in many people’s “new year’s resolutions” list. We usually want to lose weight as easily as we gained it. On the Internet, it is easy to stumble upon publications about the space diet or the diet of astronauts, …
Top 10 Most Beautiful Earth Photos Taken From the International Space Station in 2020
Here are the top 10 most beautiful Earth photos taken by the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the orbiting laboratory, in 2020. Which one is your favorite? Or if your favorite image was not listed here, please leave a comment below. To see all images taken from the International Space Station and published by NASA, …
Why SpaceX build Starship from stainless steel instead of carbon fiber?
Carbon fiber is lighter and stronger than stainless steel. It is widely used especially in the last two decades, and now we have a lot of experience of building and using it for different purposes. For example, it is most commonly used in the bodywork of a Formula 1 car and also the air box, …
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NASA announced the next Lunar Landing astronauts and one of them will be the first woman on the Moon
NASA is returning to the Moon under the Artemis program. Today, the space agency published an exciting video and announced the next lunar landing astronaut candidates. One of them will be the first woman on the Moon.
NASA’s Payload Classifications
Here’s a quick guide to NASA’s payload classification: what is a payload, how NASA classifies them, and what are payload project categorizations.
Orbital Altitudes of Many Significant Satellites of Earth
Here are the orbital altitudes of many significant satellites (both artificial and natural – the latter only being Moon) of Earth.
50th anniversary of Lunokhod 1
November 10, 2020, marks the 50 anniversary of the launch of the uncrewed Luna-17 spacecraft (see notes 1), which delivered Lunokhod 1 to the lunar surface – the world’s first automatic self-propelled laboratory, fully controlled from Earth. With Lunokhod 1’s landing on the Moon, a new stage has begun in the exploration of the Earth’s …
