Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
Technology and Engineering. Satellites. A satellite is an object that is in orbit around an object in space of a larger size. Things such as the Earth's Moon or Pluto's Charon are natural …
What Was the Space Race? | National Air and Space Museum
2023年8月23日 · On January 31, 1958, a modified Redstone missile, the Jupiter-C, lofted America's first satellite, Explorer 1, into space. In March, the Navy's Vanguard succeeded in its …
Environmental impact of space debris and how to solve it | World ...
2022年7月13日 · The space industry likes to see itself as an integral player in the battle against climate change. On a superficial level, this perception is justified. Space science and …
Space junk: what it is and why cleaning it up matters
2021年5月20日 · Space junk can travel at 40,000km an hour and can destroy satellite communications. A new space mission is aiming to capture and remove space debris from …
The Space Race - National Air and Space Museum
2023年3月6日 · The Space Race Begins. The early years of the Space Race were marked by successes through headline making “firsts”: the first satellite, the first living being in space, the …
Ariel 1 Satellite | National Air and Space Museum
This is a replica of Ariel-1 satellite, the world's first internationally conceived and executed satellite. The flight model was designed and built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center …
Sputnik and the Space Age | National Air and Space Museum
2017年10月3日 · The crew of ISS Expedition 53-54 during launch on September 12, 2017, with the Sputnik toy hanging over their heads. Sputnik, the Russian word for satellite, was a simple …
Space technology is improving our lives and making the world a …
2017年7月17日 · Just 50% of Earth’s 7.5 billion people have access to the internet. A global network of communications satellites, such as those being developed by SpaceX and …
What Can You Really See From Space?
2011年4月8日 · What Can You Really See From Space? Most people know that satellites in orbit do useful things such as collect images of the Earth's surface. At the National Air and Space …
How LEO satellite technology can connect the unconnected
2022年2月18日 · The EU is entering a space internet race where technology giants are spending billions of dollars on LEO satellite technology to close the global connectivity gaps. Space X’s …