NASA Satellite is Expected to Hit Earth Friday
by Roxanne Laverty on Sep 22, 2011
In the words of Chicken Little, "The sky is falling." While Chicken Little is a children's tale, there are reports that one of NASA's satellites will be hitting the Earth on Friday afternoon, September 23. Although, debris from space enters Earth's atmosphere daily, most of ...View Article
Tags: NASA , space , debris , satellite , water , land , Friday , Saturday , sky , Earth
Galileo Will Launch Two Satellites in October
by Rebecca Pearson on May 25, 2011
Galileo, the global navigation system under development by the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA), is expected to launch two operational satellites in October of this year. Galileo will launch its first two satellites from French Guiana on October 20. Six months ...View Article
Tags: Europe , Galileo , satellites , navigation , October , European Space Agency , GPS , GLONASS , 2019
The US Air Force explains how GPS works
by Michael Metivier on Nov 24, 2010
The Global Navigation Satellite System we call "GPS" is a lot more high tech and important than some of us may think. Being used in many critical applications from Aviation ...View Article
Tags: GPS , aviation , military , space , how it works , education
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