Landing and Returning From Minmus With only 7 Parts in Kerbal Space Program
I was able to land on the mun with this rocket using only 7 pieces, I theorised that a return and landing might be possible, now with Minmus it's actually easier because it's a much less massive body. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWDcgHPB_oo
The Hubble space telescope is probably the most famous telescope in the world, even though technically it's not on Earth. It's been working since 1990 and has been serviced 5 times, upgrading with each visit. However on Friday one of 3 remaining gyroscopes failed leaving the spacecraft without enough gyros to perform normal spacecraft operations.
However there are plans for this which will squeeze more life out of the spacecraft for the near future.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY169HtCazE
On August 19th 1960 the CIA recovered the first images from a Spy Satellite as part of its secret Corona program. The Corona satellite flew from 1960 to 1972, providing important intelligence on the Soviet Union and other potential adversaries. The technology of the time forced the use of photographic film which would have to be recovered using a reentry capsule and a capture aircraft.
The program was declassified in the 1990's along with all the images, however the reports made from those images continue to be secret.
Lots more about the program is available in the CIA's archives:
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2015-featured-story-archive/corona-declassified.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLmpXgdgNZM
In KSP 1.0 a new resource system was introduced which lets you refine fuel from natural resources found on other planets, moons and asteroids. The first step in exploiting these is to scan for them by placing a satellite into a polar orbit.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yozfFZwj5l8
Kerbal Space Program 1.1 is available for testing by anyone who owns the steam version, so I spent the stream flying some of the stock scenarios in the base game.
These are designed to let you jump straight into interesting situations without having to build spacecraft or fly them to the right place just to get started.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNL0gLv3yXU
In the last couple of weeks there was more than just Starship launching, here's all the stories I can think of.
Launches from USA, Russia, India, China, Japan and even New Zealand!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiXyKnXIwJ0
Actually lighting the fuel/oxidizer mixture in a rocket engine is a small but critical part of rocket science, and there are a number of techniques exploited to make sure that mission control gets to call out ignition.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=capiUBVd7EU
From the obscure corners of space history comes a strange story about how a company best known today for making breakfast cereals worked on classified intelligence operations and accidentally helped the Soviet space program deliver a worlds first.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDs8rz7pRLQ