DURF is a laboratory at 2400 meters underground, it started to enter operation this Thursday, December 7th.
Category: History
The launch of SLIM and XRISM
The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) launched the moon lander SLIM and X-ray space telescope XRISM to the Moon.
The landing of Chandrayaan-3
The Chadrayaan-3 mission landed with success on the Moon’s south pole. Making India the fourth country to land on Earth’s natural satellite.
The launch of Luna-25 mission
47 years after the launch of Luna-24 by Soviet Union, was launched the Luna-25 or Luna-Glob probe, to collect samples on Moon’s south pole.
The last launch of Ariane 5
On the 5th of July, the last European rocket Ariane 5 will be launched on Kourou base, French Guiana. After 27 years of service.
Euclid, the dark universe telescope
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Euclid, a space telescope to study dark matter and dark energy.
The launch of HAKUTO-R M1
The HAKUTO-R M1 is a lunar lander built by Japanese company ispace. Was launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
Van de Graaff generator: how it works?
The Van de Graaff generator was invented in 1929, by the American engineer Robert Jemison Van de Graaff and can produce millions of volts.
Ingenuity helicopter flies on Mars
The Ingenuity helicopter of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, flew with success at the Red Planet. Becoming the first aircraft to fly on another planet.
The prehistoric natural nuclear reactor
2 billion years ago, occurred a nuclear fission in the Oklo uranium deposit, current Gabon, Central Africa. It’s the only natural nuclear reactor discovered so far.