Month: February 2016
-
(Video) How do Astronauts Sleep in Space
We’ve all got questions about how certain things are accomplished in space. This video answered the question about how astronauts actually sleep when they are in space.
-
(Video) NASA Records “Music”
During transits around the far side of the moon, Apollo astronauts recorded strange “music” on their communication equipment.
-
Inside the International Space Station
Inside the International Space Station (ISS) which is a space station in low Earth orbit. First launched into orbit in 1998, and the largest artificial body in orbit it can often be seen with the human naked eye. The crew can only stay in space orbit for several months maximum, then then must return to…
-
Adam Savage, Astronaut Chris Hadfield, and Andy Weir Talk ‘The Martian’
Published on Oct 29, 2015 Recently, Tested hosted a screening of ‘The Martian’, the new film based on the acclaimed book by Andy Weir. After the screening, Andy and astronaut Chris Hadfield joined Adam Savage on stage to discuss the movie, space technology, and NASA’s real mission to Mars.
-
Move Over Hubble, Here Comes James Webb
The Hubble Space Telescope has been doing a good job of showing us things in the universe we couldn’t possibly see before. Now it is aging and it is about time for it to be replaced. What will replace it? The James Webb Space Telescope will be Hubble’s replacement. It won’t simply be a…
-
Land Absorbing the Water from the Rising Seas
Sea Level Rise Slowed by Water Retention on Land We know that the polar icecaps are slowly melting, but what we don’t know, is whether that will have as drastic of an impact on ocean levels as was previously thought. Recent studies by NASA have revealed that despite thawing glaciers and ice caps, the rising…
-
How Zinnias are Helping us get to Mars
Space Station Research Paves Way for Crops in Space Before NASA is able to reach its target of sending a human expedition to Mars, and even exploring Deep Space in the future beyond that, solutions to a plethora of challenges must be found. The need to create sustainable crops for sustenance, is one of…
-
A Word to the Wise
Scott Kelly Suggests the Earth’s Atmosphere is Very, Very Fragile Astronaut Scott Kelly is notorious for his pictures of Earth from the Space Station. In a recent interview with CNN, Kelly shared some information and insight about what he has seen. This includes the fact that the atmosphere appears to be very, very fragile.…
-
Space Graffiti Revealed from the Apollo 11 Mission
The Apollo 11 Command Module recently had pictures surface of writing on the walls from those who were on the space mission. The images show frantic scribbles and text that give some insight into what was going on inside the spacecraft during the historical mission.Some of the scribbles are those of Michael Collins who…
-
Einstein Was Right – Gravitational Waves Have Been Detected!
We Found Gravitational Waves! Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity predicted that gravitational waves both exist and that they can move through space like sound waves in air (or ripples on calm waters). But until now, actually detecting them has been one of the last remaining tests to prove his theory was…