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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Anatomy of Curiosity: Infographic

A detailed Infographic showing the anatomy of Mars rover Curiosity and a comparison of how much it and the the four previously launched rovers travels on the Marian ground. Infographic:

Mars One Roadmap: Infographic

Few years separates humanity from stepping on the red soil of Mars, it all started years ago when the idea of space colonization became important not only for the sake of science, but even for our own survival.
It will start this year of 2013 when scientists select 40 astronauts to start their "life simulation" on Mars-Like environment base under severe and continuous observations. Infographic:

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Waste and Debris in Space: Infographic

Waste in Space, currently, a thick band of hovering space junk composed mainly of broken sattelite parts and discarded rocket boosters orbiting around Earth. Two ir three times a day, a satellite circling our planet narrowly misses a torrent of the orbital debris. This issue jeopardized not only current space travelers, but future mission as well. And threats to other satellites that might smash with it. Infographic:

International Space Station Timeline: Infographic

More than twelve years in the making, the international space station is finally complete and ready to reach it's research potentials. Infographic Below:

International Space Station: Infographic

ISS, Which is as big as a football field and coast around $60B so far, houses six astronauts at the moment. The space station, whose weight is 350 tons, might as well be in operation until the 2020's. After the retirement of American space shuttles it will basically depends on Russian spaceships. Infographic below