When you gaze outside of your spacecraft, what do you see? What’s it really like to be there? With the advent of digital photography in the hands of determined astronauts willing to make time to steal moments to snap images like the above, now we can know. Have a look. Blow the image up with a click. […]
Read More Room with a (global) viewA quick update on the recently-launched IKAROS Japanese solar sail spacecraft: Earlier this week the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported visual confirmation that IKAROS’s solar sail has fully expanded as designed. As you can see, a complete success! Congratulations are in order all around to the IKAROS team as the craft enters into its […]
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Chronicles of an Atomic Astrowright 