Microsoft certainly took its time to give us a new standalone Office package as it’s moved its focus to the Microsoft 365 subscription service nowadays. You’re already spending enough on new hardware and materials when you’re heading back to school, so you don’t need a massive outlay or regular subscription for software eating into your budget. If you’re connected to the Internet, then a pane on the right keeps giving you updated information about Visio from Microsoft’s website. And that’s where NASA’s Spot the Station website comes in. This is history in the making, as huge as Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon back in 1969. NASA’s specialized spacecraft has managed to touch the Sun’s atmosphere, “Corona”, for the first time ever. Well, I am sure none of you would be surprised to read NASA’s name associated with the cutting-edge VR technology. Today we use the technology in a host of applications, including that discarded mattress pad that sits idle in your attic until your out-of-town guests stop by for a sleepover. Kinetic impactors are basically fast-moving spacecraft that use their kinetic energy to smash into an asteroid to slightly modify the space rock’s speed and/or direction.

And as DART will hit Didymoon at a speed of around 3.7 miles (6 kilometers) per second (that’s nine times the speed of a bullet!) and impart a collision energy of “a few tons of TNT equivalent,” the only way to understand how this affects the motion of an asteroid in space is to test it. A binary asteroid called Didymos will make a very close flyby of Earth in 2022, coming within 6.8 million miles (11 million kilometers) of our planet, so the researchers hope that both AIDA spacecraft will launch in time to meet up with this target of opportunity. Scientists think the object that created the Chicxulub crater and likely caused the mass extinction event 66 million years ago was an asteroid 6-9 miles (10-15 kilometers) wide. Should something as big as the object that created Chicxulub hit our planet now, the fallout could pose an existential threat to humanity and would undoubtedly destroy civilization as we know it. Now, he co-leads a NASA mission that will finally test his early work as part of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission.

Of course, it’s more ideal to have another spacecraft observing the impact up close and carry out science on the impact ejecta, but it wouldn’t be the end of the mission if, say, the ESA doesn’t eventually launch AIM. The COVID-19 pandemic showed the business world that long-term plans have certain risks associated with them. In fact, the Smart House Program, a business venture started by Guaranteed Watt Saver Systems, Inc. and Smart House Consultants, often guarantees a ceiling on your energy usage each month. “It’s really becoming core business for us and a real step-change in City Hall’s approach to connectivity,” says Blackwell. While installing storm windows, workmen would plug into power sockets indoors. Alonzo Decker came up with the idea for cordless tools to help workers installing storm windows in residential homes. This early invention led to other cordless tools including the cordless vacuum, drill and shrub trimmer. While that clunky camera may not see the light of day today, the invention initially meant the space crew could record images of space in a weightless environment. It was also free of any environmental gases or toxins, which was critical in an air-tight environment. You’re in luck — we have lots more information on the next page.

Sixty-six million years ago, the dinosaurs didn’t have a space program that could detect and deflect an incoming asteroid or comet threat. That cordless power drill you gave dad years ago now sits lifeless in storage. The cordless hammer drill extracted rock samples from the moon for testing on Earth. In the case of the moon, this reflection is sometimes bright enough to see it from Earth during the day. We’ve included a brief description of each NASA center, and details about what visitors can expect, including what you can see at the visitor center, and whether or not tours of the facility are available. Architecture and History are some keywords for this exhibit which shows more than 80 objects. NASA History Division. p. So thanks NASA for all the memories… Memories are no longer stored in photo albums, but instead we share them virtually through online social networking sites like Facebook and Flickr. Debuting in 1978, the DustBuster was the first vacuum stored in plain view — plugged into an electrical socket instead of in a storage closet. The International Space Station, which could utilize this technology, contains a water recycling system, which needs to process higher levels of calcium.