Projects Semi Autonomous Robotic Platform: Building a Robot Out of Swappable Parts Why a robotic platform? For my third-year project I wanted something
History Explorer 1 and the Van Allen Story On February 1st, 1958 at 03:48 UTC (January 31st at 22:48 EST), the first Juno booster launched Explorer 1 into low earth orbit. It was the first satellite to be successfully launched by the United States, and the third artificial satellite to reach orbit, following Sputnik 1 and 2 in 1957.
History Charon: The Man Who Gave His Wife a Moon On June 22nd, 1978 James Christy was trying to refine the orbit
History The Items Apollo 11 Left behind on the Moon July 21st 1969. The time is 2:56 UTC, Neil Armstrong is
Field Notes Getting Ugly, Dead Bugs, and Manhattan Style If you are anything like me, you love to build small circuits.
History How the Moon’s Dust Could be Deadly The Moons dust is an understudied material, and there are real signs it could be dangerous.
History How Going To The Moon Kick-started the Silicon Age In the late 1950’s, there were three people who were at
History The Secret Side of Sleepy North Devon and Cornwall North Devon and Cornwall, a sleepy area that is full of history