Satellites are pretty ugly things. It’s not their fault; high up above the Earth’s atmosphere, orbiting the Earth in the vacuum of space, they don’t have to be streamlined or aesthetically-attractive or even remotely pleasing to the eye. They just need to be functional. They just need to work. That’s why they look like this… [...]
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Late last night – UK time – the space shuttle Discovery blasted off spectacularly from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The shuttle is now safely in orbit, preparing to meet up with the International Space Station, where its crew will oversee the delivery and installation of the final set of huge solar array “wings” [...]
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