What Experiments Did Scientists Conduct on the ISS?
Humanity has watched the International Space Station orbit this little blue marble for the last 20 years, as of November 2020. This modern marvel has seen hundreds of astronauts and been home to thousands of scientific experiments. The ISS provides a unique laboratory that allows researchers to carry out their experiments in microgravity. So how, exactly, ...
String Theory in Simple Words
The biggest dilemma of Einstein’s life represents the search of a unified theory. Scientists all over the world are currently engrossed in the quest of a unified theory where we unify all the laws of physics, be it Quantum mechanics or the Classical physics: all the laws collated in one single framework which could predict ...
Parallel Universe: We Might Be Living in an Alternate Reality!
With past years our understanding of science and the universe has expanded exponentially giving us a complete new outlook towards it and opening up a very controversial idea yet an intriguing one: do parallel universes exist? People might say “that's a completely philosophical bullshit having no solid proof” but as science and our understanding of the ...
Here’s How NASA Chose the First Astronauts to Walk on the Moon
Right now, everyone is thinking about the moon — how we're going to get there, when the next set of astronauts from the Artemis missions will land and whether President Trump seriously thinks we're going to mine our nearest satellite for minerals. While we're excited to see the Artemis astronauts make their way to the lunar ...
What is Celestial Navigation?
We've been dreaming of the stars for longer than we can remember, staring up at the twinkling lights that fill the night sky and wondering what they are. We've even written songs about them. Centuries ago, before the advent of GPS, explorers and adventurers relied on celestial navigation to help them map a path to ...
How Solar Energy Keeps the International Space Station Going
Solar energy is a big deal on planet Earth right now. People around the world have discovered its benefits. Its clean, renewable, and affordable. Once you have an array in place, you can power your home or business for decades. Connect Electric wants to also share how solar helps us off-planet just as much as it ...
Common Tools Used to Gather Data in Space
As a species, we're working on expanding our horizons — literally — by making our first forays into outer space. In the next decade, we're hoping to have people living permanently on the Moon and may even be making the first attempt to land human beings on Mars. Despite this push toward interstellar exploration, there ...
Did You Know Polyurethane Foam Made the Space Shuttle Possible?
Sometimes it's all in the details. Something as simple as polyurethane (PU) foam made the modern space shuttle a possibility. This crucial material opened up a range of new options for spacecraft, as well as everyday objects. Polyurethane is a polymer, or a molecule made up of multiple subunits, containing different organic materials that urethane compounds ...
NASA Commissions a New Module for the Space Station
The International Space Station has been in orbit since the first component was launched in 1998, with the first crew arriving in 2000. It's been in orbit for nearly 22 years and until recently, it seemed like the funding that supports what is currently one of our only platforms in orbit was going to run ...
What Is LightSail and How Does It Work?
Science fiction has provided us with a lot of ideas for technology that have slowly become reality. Just look at the smartphone in your pocket. More than half a century ago, Star Trek gave us the idea of portable communicators and data tablets that could provide you with all the information you could ever need ...
