Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭Today is the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g-s1-106940/40-years-after-challenger
joboDie #Challenger #explodierte 1986 kurz nach dem #Start
Im Januar 1986 befand sich erstmals eine #Privatperson an #Bord eines #SpaceShuttles der NASA: Die #Lehrerin sollte aus dem #All unterrichten. Doch was ein #routinierter #Flug der Raumfähre Challenger werden sollte, endete in einer #Katastrophe.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/28-01-1986-die-us-raumfaehre-challenger-explodiert-kurz-nach-dem-start-100.html
Robert B. MarksWhat do space shuttle disasters and the recent Hugo Awards controversy have in common? A lot more than you'd think...
#hugoawards #books #culturewar #spaceshuttles #NASA #TheChallengerLaunchDecision #endtheculturewar
Spaceflight 🚀The record for #HumanSpaceflight 👨🚀 from #Florida came in 📆 1985 when the #SpaceShuttles launched nine times flying up 58 5️⃣8️⃣ people.
Of the potential 26 2️⃣6️⃣ in 📆 2024, only 14 will be from #NASA and its traditional #space partners from #Japan, #Canada, the #ESA and #Russia. The other 12 will be flying through #commercial 💵 endeavors https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/11/20/in-2024-space-coast-gears-up-for-busiest-astronaut-launch-year-since-2009/
#Reuters 📆 June 8, 2023 #Astronauts 👩🚀 who traveled on the #ISS or #NASA #SpaceShuttles on missions lasting at least six months experienced significant #expansion of the cerebral ventricles - spaces 🕳️ in the middle of the brain containing cerebrospinal fluid. It took three years ⏳ for the ventricles to fully recover after such journeys https://www.reuters.com/science/scientists-document-how-space-travel-messes-with-human-brain-2023-06-08/
Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_ventricular_system_-_animation.gif
Scientists document how space travel messes with the human brain
Space can be an <a href="/lifestyle/science/astronaut-study-reveals-effects-space-travel-human-bones-2022-07-02/">unfriendly place</a> for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe - head, of course, being a primary concern.
Infiltration of the #Baikonur #Cosmodrome and its abandoned parts with a #rocket and two #SpaceShuttles. Shot in 📆 2018 https://www.jonk-photography.com/en/le-monde-perdu/baikonour
Two #Buran are rotting away in an abandoned hangar in another part of the sprawling Baikonur complex. Over the years, local scavengers have snuck into the hangar to harvest valuable metals and electronics. The site has also been targeted by international #adventurers seeking a glimpse at Soviet #SpaceHistory. Among them is #French photographer #Jonk https://www.wired.com/story/jonk-buran-photo-gallery
Picture : #SpaceShuttle Buran at the Technik #Museum #Speyer 🇩🇪 https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Technik+Museum+Speyer&point=Technik+Museum+Speyer&layer=Esri+Satellite 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Buran_spacecraft_(3245283588).jpg
