Space Science

Neil Armstrong’s landing on the moon prompted an apercu that is rather indelible (and perhaps wrongly quoted): “A Small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. , the nuances change]. The Apollo 11 crew that landed alongside Neil unveiled an engraved plaque bearing a lesser-known phrase: “We came in peace…

One of the most iconic pictures in all of space science and aviation is the photograph of Antonov An-225, one of the biggest aircraft ever constructed, taking the Buran space shuttle into the skies. One can also think of the photograph of the first untethered spacewalk. When the first American who flew to space compared…

The National Museum of the US Air Force (which likes just outside of Dayton, Ohio)houses aircraft that were sometimes experimental in nature, some of which that were used for space research, and others that were deployed during World Wars. The fact that the entry to the museum is free is a treat for many. Let’s have…

The momentous occasion of Ed White performing the first American spacewalk was captured by the co-pilot of Gemini 4, James A. McDivitt. The caption of the photo should befittingly be Ed White’s joyous words while performing the “extra-vehicular activity,” (aka Space walking): “I feel like a million dollars”. Ed also commented that coming back to…

When the Antonov An-225 was destroyed in 2022 amidst the first flush of the Ukraine-Russia War, it was a devastating blow to many avgeeks around the world. After all, the An-225 with the multitude of aviation records it had set, was an iconic aircraft. It has been photographed various times, but one of its more…

Sending rockets into space is expensive. The North American X-15, the hypersonic research program that was the first airplane to have touched space, cost $300 million in 1969 dollars, with each flight estimated to have cost $600,000. The cost of Ingenuity helicopter – the only chopper to have flown on a planet outside the Earth…

Ingenuity, a tiny helicopter with a mass of 1.8 kg (about 4 lbs) — weighing just 680 grams under Mars’s lighter gravity — made it to the surface of Mars, not only survived the frigidness of -85 degrees and the violent dust on the Martian surface, it fared surprisingly well on the planet that is…

The X-15 was the first aircraft to cross the boundaries of outer space. It was also the first airplane to reach hypersonic speed. Neil A. Armstrong, a NASA pilot and the first person to moon, has been documented at the contracted flight test program.  A modified B-52 Strat fortress, a massive bomber, was used as…

It has been just over a century since passengers have been able to fly commercially. During this time, we have seen giants such as the Airbus A380, which has the capacity to transport more than 850 passengers and set a record for being the biggest commercial aircraft ever. Aircraft like the A380 necessitate a different…