Tag: Missions

Could a snowball have a fighting chance in hell? Using a FLIR thermal imaging camera, Adam Savage shows how GE, using a mysterious material called Alloy X, saved a snowball …

Is something that’s “like talking to a wall” REALLY that bad? Maybe not. Using accelerometer technology, Adam Savage shows how GE engineers were able to detect and travel sound through …

(French version) ESOC – European Space Operations Centre 2017 As a centre of excellence for mission operations since 1967, ESA’s ‘mission control’ delivers expertise and experience in a unique mix …

ESOC – European Space Operations Centre 2017 As a centre of excellence for mission operations since 1967, ESA’s ‘mission control’ delivers expertise and experience in a unique mix that serves …

USAF F-16 fighters drop GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) during various training exercises. The GBU-39 is a 250 lb (110 kg) precision-guided glide bomb that is intended to provide aircraft with the …

The first C-123s to reach South Vietnam were part of the USAF’s Special Aerial Spray Flight, as part of Operation Ranch Hand tasked with defoliating the jungle in order to …

NASA’s Mission to Pluto was a two part televised science event at NASA headquarters on August 25 – the same date that the agency’s New Horizons spacecraft passed the orbit …