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Anything in low earth orbit (like the space station, the space shuttle or the Hubble space telescope) is traveling 17,500 MPH. But how fast is that in real, down-to-earth terms? Here’s the answer: It’s a pretty amazing speed. It’s Los Angeles to Tokyo (approximately 5,400 miles) in 18 minutes: The space shuttle achieves that speed [...]
Space Music: The Artist Behind SolarBeat
by Robert Lamb | April 7, 2010
We live in a musical universe. The waves and patterns are all there; we have but to translate them into sound. Such was the case with the recording made by Voyager I and II, and the latest example can be found online in the form of SolarBeat, a flash-based musical tool with a cosmic twist.
Created by UK musician, artist and graphic designer Luke Twyman, SolarBeat takes the movements of the sun‘s orbital bodies and merges it with the concept of an old-timey music box. As each planet completes a revolution, it “rings” an imaginary metal tine. In this post, SolarBeat creator Luke Twyman of Neverest Songs takes a moment to answer a few questions about this little slice of Space Music .
In this episode of BrainStuff, Marshall explains the physics behind satellites and orbits.
While there’s still more space junk up there than anything, the human space population reached its peak at 13 today, according to an article on Space.com. This feat ties the record set in March 1995. Let’s take a look at how it all breaks down in space.
First, you have the space shuttle Discovery up there with a crew of seven astronauts. Three crew members from the U.S., Russia and Japan are hanging out on the International Space Station awaiting the pending arrival of the Russian Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and its three-person crew (one of whom is a space tourist), currently en route.
Back in 1995, the situation was similar, with three cosmonauts bound to switch places with the three-man crew aboard the Mir space station — all while the seven-man crew of the space shuttle Endeavour carried out its own mission.
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