China launched its first crewed space mission in five years Thursday, sending three science-minded military pilots rocketing to a new orbiting station they're expected to reach around midafternoon. China launched the space station in April.
For The First Time, Astronauts Have Entered China's Orbiting Space Station
The first astronauts arrived at China's new space station on Thursday in the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power.
The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, and their craft docked around seven hours later at the Tiangong station, where they will spend the next three months.
Three astronauts have entered #Tiangong Space Station from #Shenzhou12 crewed spacecraft. Here is the whole process HD: https://t.co/GEJhgRCPmG Astronauts will conduct station checks, space experiments, and spacewalks in 3 months. Stay tuned and we'll keep you updated. pic.twitter.com/4dGb4Zdy7T
Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale
In addition to the linear momentum of light being transferable, the angular momentum of light can also be transferred to an object, thus causing object rotation. Since the conversion of momentum is usually derived from the linear interaction between light and objects, the orbital rotation speed and orbital radius have so far been limited to no more than 100 Hz in water and no less than one micrometer, respectively.
Recently, however, a team led by Prof. Jiang Yuqiang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Qiu Chengwei from the National University of Singapore, Prof. Yang Yuanjie from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Prof. Xiao Liantuan from Shanxi University, has overcome these limits.
Astronauts aboard International Space Station deploy new solar arrays to power research,
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA)
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Two astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have successfully completed the deployment of solar arrays, which will soak up the sun's energy to provide electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations conducted every day, as well as the continued operations of the orbiting platform.
SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA delayed a week by 'visiting traffic' at space station |
Heavy traffic at the International Space Station (ISS) has pushed SpaceX's next crewed launch to the orbiting lab for NASA back a week.
SpaceX's Crew-3 mission is now targeted to launch no earlier than Oct. 31 — a delay from the Oct. 23 date that was announced in April , NASA officials said in a statement on Monday (June 14).
The agency said the decision was made due to "visiting vehicle traffic" but provided no other details. Spaceflight Now's global launch calendar shows that a robotic Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is set to dock with the ISS on Oct. 28, an event that requires extensive crew time for unloading equipment, supplies and experiments.
Europe Is Launching A Satellite Made of Plywood Into Space : NPR
WISA Woodsat, seen in an artist's rendering, is billed as the world's first wooden satellite. It's set to be launched from New Zealand before the end of the year. Arctic Astronautics/ESA hide caption
It's not such a crazy idea: Since it became widely available about a century ago , plywood has been prized for its strength, rigidity and durability — three things that are good in a spacecraft.
Accelerating sustainability's digital revolution | Greenbiz
As individuals, we are awash in an ever-expanding array of digital devices that accumulate and communicate (and sell) data on our functional needs and personal desires. Similarly, businesses and entire societies have embraced digital technologies for tasks ranging from retail purchasing to online banking.
And, yet, while confronting a rapidly changing and deteriorating natural environment, digital technology management for environmental sustainability remains a hodgepodge of disconnected, at times antiquated, methods of data collection and analysis.
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NASA commemorates Juneteenth with historic view from space | Space
Saturday, June 19 marks Juneteenth , officially Juneteenth National Independence day and also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day and Black Independence Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S.
The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 — a day when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were finally able to claim their freedom when Union troops proclaimed freedom for slaves in Texas, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, a federal order ending slavery. While Lincoln's proclamation freed many slaves in the U.S., it was initially ignored by many Confederate states.
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Didn't know this - but all 3 Chinese astronauts are from farmer families in rural China. "Parents who were busy… https://t.co/mMhEyZhgL2 jenzhuscott (from Instagram: @jenniferzhuscott) Sat Jun 19 12:20:11 +0000 2021
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