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8-Sided Nose Cone This sharp rocket developed in Germany would be cheaper and faster to assemble than current launch vehicles, and it could safely re-enter the atmosphere. DLR via The LocalAs the...
View ArticleUndergrads at Colorado Crash a NASA Satellite Into The Ocean
Crashing Satellites at CU-BoulderImage courtesy LASP Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado)Call it a crash course. A group of undergrads at the...
View ArticleDaredevil Space Diver To Leap Toward World's First Supersonic Free-Fall From...
Felix Baumgartner Sven Hoffmann / Red Bull Here's Felix Baumgartner's plan: Float a balloon to 120,000 feet. Jump out. Break the sound barrier. Don't die. Simple, right? If Baumgartner, a world famous...
View ArticleSkydiving From Space
Before famed skydiver Felix Baumgartner can jump out of his balloon at 120,000 feet, his ground crew will have to clear it with the Federal Aviation Administration. "Felix will be coming in like a...
View ArticleNew Reusable, Straight-Sided German Rocket Can Survive Re-Entry and Guide...
8-Sided Nose Cone This sharp rocket developed in Germany would be cheaper and faster to assemble than current launch vehicles, and it could safely re-enter the atmosphere. DLR via The Local As the...
View ArticleUndergrads at Colorado Crash a NASA Satellite Into The Ocean
Crashing Satellites at CU-Boulder Image courtesy LASP Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado) Call it a crash course. A group of undergrads at the...
View ArticleDaredevil Space Diver To Leap Toward World's First Supersonic Free-Fall From...
Here's Felix Baumgartner's plan: Float a balloon to 120,000 feet. Jump out. Break the sound barrier. Don't die. Simple, right? If Baumgartner, a world famous base jumper and skydiver, pulls off the...
View ArticleSkydiving From Space
Before famed skydiver Felix Baumgartner can jump out of his balloon at 120,000 feet, his ground crew will have to clear it with the Federal Aviation Administration. “Felix will be coming in like a...
View ArticleNew Reusable, Straight-Sided German Rocket Can Survive Re-Entry and Guide...
As the aerospace world prepares to say goodbye to the space shuttles, engineers are looking for cheaper, faster replacements. The German space agency is apparently ahead of…
View ArticleUndergrads at Colorado Crash a NASA Satellite Into The Ocean
Call it a crash course. A group of undergrads at the University of Colorado at Boulder got to participate in an unusual and awesome classroom activity on Monday, the…
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