639 hours is the average time to download a full HD video from space. Today, NASA affirms that in a near future download a full HD video from the space in only 8 minutes will be possible! Why?? How?? Let’s discover it! (Special collaboration: J.Perchoux, CNRS-LAAS researcher)
6th September 2013 the LLCD (Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration) mission was launched by NASA. The aim of this mission is to establish laser as a solid tool for future space communications.
Virgin Galactic is one of the very first companies which are focus on selling the first commercial suborbital flights to civilians. However, it is not the only one to do it and neither the first one in achieve it.
In the last years the use of 3D printers has increased both in the domestic and industry used. However there already exist lots of doubts and wrong concepts about their performance. Throughout this article we will try to explain what a 3D printer is, how does it work and which utilities can they present within the aerospace sector.
Solar sails are like current sails used in sailing boats but in space and moved by solar currents instead of wind. Will solar sails be the future of space navigation?