Category: Space Fact Friday

Space Fact Friday

Landsat Turns 50!

On July 23, 1972, Landsat 1 launched from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex to provide valuable data to improve life on Earth. Over the past 50

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Space Hurricanes Do Exist!

On August 20, 2014, weather satellites captured a space plasma hurricane occurring above the North Pole. The swirling mass of plasma was around 600 miles

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The Mysterious Dunes of Io

The formation of dunes on Jupiter’s moon Io have been an unknown ever since the Galileo probe took pictures of them in October 1999. Scientists

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3D Metal Printing in Space!

In the coming year, the European based aerospace company Airbus is planning on introducing a 3D metal printer to ISS.  Aptly named ‘Metal3D’, it will

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