Meteoroids are debris from earlier eras in our solar system. They can be leftovers from planets that never formed or remains of ancient collisions. When these bits rock and metal Keep reading
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Re-Entry
Atmospheric re-entry subjects vehicles to extreme conditions. At high Mach numbers, the leading shock wave compresses the air so strongly that it reaches temperatures hotter than the surface of the Keep reading
Feathering on SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites recently performed their first feathered flight with SpaceShipTwo, which is on track to be the first commercial spaceship. Feathering is a re-entry technique devised by Keep reading