Don't Mind Us, Just Doing A Flyby Of Earth
If you ever go to the planet Jupiter, try and swing by Earth on your way out. Europe's JUICE spacecraft recently did just that, as noted in a post by bq, and the photos are lovely!
If you ever go to the planet Jupiter, try and swing by Earth on your way out. Europe's JUICE spacecraft recently did just that, as noted in a post by bq, and the photos are lovely!
NASA photo of Jupiter moons
doctornemo boldly goes where ... well, it turns out almost everyone has gone before, with an impressive roundup of current space busyness and business in orbit, moon news, ambling among the astroids, snack time with a black hole, and what's stirring re Mars and Jupiter. 🌏🚀🌝🛰💫
First NBL training run - Getting a feel for the suit. by AstroSamantha (cc by)
Did you enjoy last night's live thread watching the Jupiter mission?
Check out the big auction of space items like navigational globes -- alongside this video from (Mefi's own) engineerguy Bill Hammack on how some of that equipment worked. (Also don't miss his video series recreating Faraday's historical lectures on how a candle works.)
Flight history detectives: Who was the first child to fly in an airplane?
From backseatpilot and Eleven, some expert answers to that age-old question: Which has better aerodynamics, an X-Wing or a TIE fighter?
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