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The International Space Station Is Always Up There

March 15, 2023 Bryan Cockfield 12 Views3d printed, ESP32, Feather, international space station, iss, programming, tracker 1 min read

Thanks to its high orbital inclination, the International Space Station (ISS) eventually passes over most inhabited parts of the Earth. Like other artificial satellites, though, it’s typically only visible overhead

NASA Lunar Probe Finds Out it’s Not Easy Being Green

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NASA Lunar Probe Finds Out it’s Not Easy Being Green

January 23, 2023 Tom Nardi 56 Viewsartemis program, infrared, inGaAs, lunar exploration, regolith, thruster 5 min read

If you’re a space fan, these are very exciting days. There’s so much happening overhead that sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with the latest news. Artemis I

A DIY Equatorial Mount Using Harmonic Drives

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A DIY Equatorial Mount Using Harmonic Drives

November 10, 2022 Dave Rowntree 120 Viewsastrophotography, equatorial tracking, harmonic drive, NEMA-17, onstep, Teensy 4.0, telescope mount, TMC2130 2 min read

As an amateur astrophotographer will tell you, you just don’t get to capture the really interesting objects without spending a ton of money on some decent pieces of kit. Telescope

Peer Into Space Through This James Webb-Style Hexagonal Mirror

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Peer Into Space Through This James Webb-Style Hexagonal Mirror

July 17, 2022 Robin Kearey 164 Viewshexagonal mirror, james webb space telescope, Raspberry Pi 2 2 min read

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) generated considerable excitement when its first test images were released earlier this year: they proved that the instrument was working and helped its engineers

With Rocket Lab’s Daring Midair Catch, Reusable Rockets Go Mainstream

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With Rocket Lab’s Daring Midair Catch, Reusable Rockets Go Mainstream

May 12, 2022 Tom Nardi 162 Viewselectron, Falcon 9, reusability, reuse, Rocket Lab, SpaceX 4 min read

We’ve all marveled at the videos of SpaceX rockets returning to their point of origin and landing on their spindly deployable legs, looking for all the world like something pulled

Martian Wheel Control Algorithms Gain Traction

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Martian Wheel Control Algorithms Gain Traction

February 15, 2022 Ryan Flowers 187 Viewsalgorithm, Curiosity, curiosity rover, mars, mars rover, traction control 2 min read

Imagine the scene: You’re puttering along in your vehicle when, at least an hour from the nearest help, one of your tires starts losing air. Not to worry! You’ve got

Working Model Reveals Amazing Engineering of Webb’s Mirror Actuators

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Working Model Reveals Amazing Engineering of Webb’s Mirror Actuators

February 8, 2022 Dan Maloney 216 Viewsactuator, flexure, hexapod, james webb space telescope, jwst, mirror, stepper, stewart 1 min read

We end up covering a lot of space topics here on Hackaday, not because we’re huge space nerds — spoiler alert: we are — but because when you’ve got an

Saving Martian Colonists Using Table Salt And Rocket Science

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Saving Martian Colonists Using Table Salt And Rocket Science

January 24, 2022 Ryan Flowers 160 Viewsdiy rocket, model rocketry, potassium chlorate, Rocket Motor, RUD, sodium chlorate, sodium choride, solid rocket 2 min read

Imagine for a moment that you are a member of an early Mars colony. You’re stranded, and the only way to get a message home is to launch a radio