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The Cold War era space race between the US and Soviet Union was a pivotal time in history, marked by triumph and tragedy. The Challenger disaster of 1986 serves as a tragic reminder of the risks of space exploration. However, NASA's efforts to improve safety and innovation have been relentless, showcasing dedication and resilience in the face of adversity. Stay tuned for exclusive interviews with key figures in the space industry on how they are pushing boundaries while prioritizing safety. #SpaceExploration #ChallengerDisaster #NASAinnovation #SpaceRace #ColdWarHistory #SpaceIndustry #SpaceInnovation #SpaceSafety #SpaceTechnology #SpaceHistory #SpaceMilestones #SpaceExplorers #SpacePioneers

West Virginia could emerge as a key player in the rapidly growing global space industry. With NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Keystone Space Collaborative, and initiatives like the West Virginia Small Satellite Center, the state is well-positioned to capitalize on the projected 41% growth in the space sector over the next five years. As the global space economy soars, West Virginia can ascend alongside it – from the mountains of Appalachia to the craters of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Learn more about West Virginia's space economy here: https://buff.ly/3XBqw7t #Space #Economy #YesWV #SmallBusiness #NASA

🚀 Space nerds unite! 🌍✨ Did you know you can track the International Space Station (ISS) live as it orbits Earth at an incredible speed of 28,000 km/h? Thanks to NASA's tracking tool, you can now literally keep an eye on humanity’s home away from home, floating above our heads! 🌌 🔗 Check it out here: Spot the Station - NASA (https://lnkd.in/g36cWUs) The ISS completes an orbit every 90 minutes, allowing the astronauts aboard to see 16 sunrises and sunsets in just one Earth day! 🌞🌚 📡 But what makes the ISS even more fascinating? Besides serving as a hub for cutting-edge research - ranging from biology and materials science to space technology - it's also a symbol of international collaboration. Scientists from around the world unite for the sake of advancing knowledge and pushing boundaries of what's possible in space. ⚡ Quick ISS Facts: • Altitude: 400 km above Earth 🌍 • Operates with solar panels the size of a football field 🏟️ • Hosts an average of 6 astronauts at a time 🚀 Curious about when it'll pass over your location? Get notified via email or text from NASA and watch it streak across the night sky! It’s one of the brightest objects up there - and no telescope required! 👨🚀👩🚀 Pro Tip: Next time you catch the ISS passing overhead, take a moment to think about how this orbiting lab plays a critical role in the future of space exploration - maybe even our journey to Mars. 🛰️ #SpaceExploration #STEM #SpaceNerd #ISS #TechInnovation #NASA #InternationalCollaboration #STEM

Launching objects into space is a complex process that requires the efforts of many skilled people. To send a person to the moon, nearly half a million individuals worked on the Apollo missions. A little less than 10% of these people worked directly for NASA, while the rest were a large group of suppliers, contractors, and subcontractors, all working together to achieve a common goal. Today we encourage you to take a brief journey through space's history in this infographic by @CGI. From Sputnik's launch in 1957 to the following five decades, space has transformed our world in many ways. #LondonSpaceFinance #SFS2024 #SpaceFinance #SpaceBusiness #SpaceEconomy #FutureofSpace #SpaceInvestment #UKSpace #UKSpaceFinance #SpaceTechUK

Understanding how something fails is so important to the design process. Many structures fail at critical stress points. Its not as simple as beefing up that portion of the structure where it failed as the critical stress point can simply move to a different location and fail there. Rather, the ideal is to eliminate the critical stress entirely. Not all projects have the resources to test to failure, but so much can be learned by doing so. Physics is the foundation and designers can rely on the physics being present. Beyond that, systems can fail in lots of ways; sometimes predictable but other times in completely surprising ways. We learn by doing. Testing to failure can also verify margins to the design, particularly above things like maximum operating pressure or structural fatigue. Factors of safety are routinely applied over levels that a system is expected to see in flight or during the mission, and testing to failure can show if designers got that resilience right.

#onthisday in #tech #history -- September 17, 1976 🗓️ NASA Unveils Enterprise 🌌 NASA rolls out the first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, from its assembly facility to a waiting crowd. Included in the crowd was a delegation of actors from the Star Trek TV series. Originally to be named Constitution, a write-in campaign by Star Trek fans convinced President Gerald Ford and NASA to rename the Space Shuttle. The Enterprise was a prototype shuttle, designed for the early testing phase of the Space Shuttle program. It was built without engines or a functional heat shield. While it performed various atmospheric test flights, and was originally intended to be retrofitted for spaceflight, it was determined that it would be less expensive to simply build new shuttles. Therefore the Enterprise never did actually fly into space. From Marcel Brown thisdayintechhistory.com #nasa #space #spaceshuttle #enterprise #1970s

Quotes from the article: Voyager-1 is more than 24 billion km (15 billion miles) away, so distant, its radio messages take fully 22.5 hours to reach us. "Voyager-1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems," Nasa said in a statement. "The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again." Voyager-1 departed Earth on 5 September 1977, a few days after its sister spacecraft, Voyager-2. The pair's primary objective was to survey the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - a task they completed in 1989. They were then steered towards deep space, in the general direction of our galaxy's centre. #space #spaceexploration #spacecraft #spaceprobes #Voyager-1 #thesun #solarsystem #outersolarsystem #gasgiants #starsystems #stars #interstellarspace #heliosphere #galaxies #milkywaygalaxy

I was thinking it is a systems engineering block diagram, but it's a plan showing the descriptive and temporal information of many space projects and programs all put together! I try to trace from one block to another, and I need to Google them along the way! This shows how much has been done (the dense upper section) and how much can be done or is up to our imagination (more empty spots in the lower section). Thank David Hoantee Peng for sharing this. #spaceinvestment #spaceecosystem #spacetechnology #spaceengineering

🌌 In the vast expanse of space, Hubble recently turned its gaze toward NGC 4423, a distant spiral galaxy residing 55 million light-years away in the Virgo constellation. 🌀 NGC 4423 may appear peculiar at first glance, with its irregular, tubular shape. But a closer look reveals its true nature as a spiral galaxy, boasting a dense central bulge surrounded by a sprawling disk adorned with spiral arms. 🚀 Through Hubble's lens, we continue to unravel the mysteries of the universe, one captivating image at a time. Explore the wonders of NGC 4423 with Hubble's extraordinary cosmic snapshot! NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration #hubble #discovery #space #mystery #universe #hubble #telescope #galaxy #milkyway #information #nasa #agnirva