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Tag Archives: space

Video- The Nine Gravity Assists That Bring Our Satellite to Orbit Around Mercury

The BepiColombo mission launched in October 2018 will enter orbit around Mercury on December 5, 2025. Here’s an incredible animation of its 9 gravity assists past Earth (once), Venus (twice) and Mercury (six times).

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Posted byNealJuly 23, 2019July 23, 2019Posted inGeneralTags: space

Video– Visualizing how much fuel a Saturn 5 used per second in terms of elephants

The Saturn V rocket got to the moon burning 20 tones of fuel per second. An African elephant weighs roughly 5 tons. So roughly 4 elephants worth of fuel per second. Amazing video illustration:

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Posted byNealJuly 19, 2019February 17, 2020Posted inGeneralTags: space

SpaceX Falcon 9: How Elon Musk’s Rocket Is Winning the Reusability Race

This wonderful illustration from July 2019 National Geographic explains one of Elon Musk’s greatest space innovations – rocket reuse.

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Posted byNealJune 30, 2019January 18, 2021Posted inGeneralTags: space

Mars mission will take 6 years roundtrip including prep

Mars mission will take 6 years roundtrip including prep

Photo credit National Geographic Magazine, November 2016.

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Posted byNeal MuellerNovember 26, 2016July 23, 2019Posted inAdventureTags: space
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