Tag: NASA
NASA Spider Problem – Shuttle Atlantis STS-122
A fuel tank glitch forced mission controllers to delay the launch. And, fuel sensors weren't the only problem. The shuttle was also attacked by...
Short Field Takeoff Procedure
Short Field Takeoff Procedure:
Full brakes
Full throttle
Raise nose 20 degrees
Release brakes
NASA and the Navajo
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.
One day, a Navajo elder...
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s...
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Because that's...
Ball-point pens don’t work in zero gravity
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.
To combat this problem, NASA scientists...
