May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
... of the imagery and had to get paint on canvas to try to express my reaction to this image of the deep canyon walls of Valles Marineris. Imagery from HiRise inspires me visually and emotionally, and I react to my appreciation of the incredible minds...
October 2024
Spaceport America’s road to the future
... impact. Looking low and organic from a distance, with concrete and self-protecting rust-layer steel walls, up-close the facility has the appearance of a bunker. The spaceport’s main structure was built between 2009...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... masonry maintenance process that involves removing and replacing deteriorated mortar between bricks (see Figure 5). Figure 5. A wall before repointing and after repointing. Step 3: integrate the process into a rover Once the process has...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
... was launched in 2022. To showcase the collection, Nyberg designed and created three quilts. The Endangered Animals wall hanging uses applique technique and features eight critically endangered animal species set in a circle representing Earth...
15 November 2014
Pioneering Philae completes main mission before hibernation
... of the comet is covered by dust and debris ranging from millimetre to metre sizes, panoramic images show layered walls of harder-looking material. The science teams are now studying their data to see if they have sampled...
13 March 2015
Ceres breakthrough: NASA's Dawn is first probe to visit a dwarf planet
... of this. It takes a little bit of extra time, but it's safer and cheaper, and that's important. Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us@Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.
