If you love rockets, you can’t help but notice that real space launch vehicles lift off the pad slowly,but model rockets zip up like darts. Thatโs how I became obsessed with using thrust vector control (TVC) โ gimbaling the rocket motor โ instead of fins to keep model rockets upright, so they can launch, and […]
We have entered an era of accessible space. Space that is accessible to life-long learners, makers, and students. Getting tools and experiences into the hands of curious explorers today is not only fun and engaging, it will make for a better world tomorrow as we face significant challenges on our Earth habitat. A lot […]
When Chinaโs Tiangong-1 burned up last year, it left the International Space Station (ISS) as humanityโs sole outpost in space. Today six astronauts live aboard the ISS, performing spacewalks and science experiments, filming scenes for an upcoming virtual-reality series, and unloading cargo deliveries from capsules like Northropโs Cygnus and SpaceXโs Dragon. These brave astronauts orbit […]
Magnitude.io wants to make it easy for kids to access science in space
