Like orbital mechanics on an early 80s Kaypro, perhaps? At least that’s the hurdle [Chris Fenton] set for himself as a fun project for his spare time with his Kaypro 2/84, a vintage Z80 ...

I n “Slingshot,” a space travel thriller directed by Mikael Håfström, the title refers to a risky flight maneuver involving orbital mechanics. Astronauts journeying a billion and a half ...

Above the Earth’s surface there are many orbital planes and no pesky oceans to prevent millimeter and centimeter-sized cars from being spaced out there. This gives a rough idea of just how ...

This is compared with the time frame of Newton's work on his second law, the law of gravitational attraction and calculus from the late 1600's. Kepler was able to arrive at this second law without the ...

“The name of the program is called Slingshot, and as opposed to launching ... firm-fixed-price TO, to Orbital.” The name “Orbital” is used in this context to refer to the original company ...

If you're in search for an orbital sander, there's a good chance ... Roy Berendsohn has worked for more than 25 years at Popular Mechanics, where he has written on carpentry, masonry, painting ...

The focus is on space flight analysis and planning and not hardware or spacecraft design. The topics include space flight history, orbital mechanics, orbit perturbations, near-Earth and interplanetary ...

Only a testbed The suborbital accelerator is only a test-bed for the final product, the Orbital Launch System. The company plans on conducting regular test flights with a variety of vehicles and ...

William covers motorbikes, E-bikes, cars, trucks and mobility tech. Polaris’ singular Slingshot three-wheeler continues to be a standout in the transportation matrix, as pure a just-for-fun ...

The space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together.… Space insurers paid out a record $995 million in claims ...

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