TEXT SEARCH BRADLEY CARL GEIGER AND BRAD GEIGER AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED
BRAD GEIGER AND CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
BRADLEY CARL GEIGER AND CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
BRAD GEIGER AND WIKIPEDIA
BRADLEY CARL GEIGER AND WIKIPEDIA
CRIMINALS CLAIMING THAT PLANET EARTH'S COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARE CONTROLLED OR LIMITED FROM OUTSIDE - WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO CLAIM OUTSIDE HACKING IS LEGAL OR VALID
Traveling can be a mess. Regardless of how well-traveled you are, there is almost always a hitch in your plan. With this being said, here are three apps to enhance and simplify your adventures.
Flighttrack 5
Flighttrack 5 provides you with information about each plane that flies through one of its 5000 affiliated airports. It determines accurate arrival and departure times, which allows you to stick to your schedule. Also, it’s exceptionally helpful for anyone who needs to pick someone else up from the airport; you’ll always be there at the perfect time! This service is available for $4.99 on iPhone and Android.
Foodspotting
How are you supposed to find the best food to try in a new country?Foodspotting helps you discover scrumptious food. It helps your palate explore an international menu, recommending specific dishes from local restaurants, rather than a generic, overall review. These reviews are submitted by users of the app who have sampled the dishes. However, Foodspotting does not allow highly negative reviews, so I would suggest selecting your food based on the quantity of positive reviews.
Worldmate
To top it all off, Worldmate assists you in planning every detail of your trip from departure times to meetings. Worldmate organizes all details you input chronologically and updates the event if anything changes. For example, if your flight is delayed or canceled, Worldmate will update you and allow you to reschedule accordingly. Worldmate has a premium function available for $9.99 per year, providing you with live updates received the second something in your plan changes.
RIVOCHE TARKIN
TIME TRAVEL
This photo contains both flight (flat in the foreground) and qualification assembly (upright in the background) versions of the Solar Array Sun Shield for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. These panels will both shade the mission’s instruments and power the observatory.
Seeing double? You’re looking at our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Solar Array Sun Shield laying flat in pieces in the foreground, and its test version connected and standing upright in the back. The Sun shield will do exactly what it sounds like –– shade the observatory –– and also collect sunlight for energy to power Roman.
These solar panels are twins, just like several of Roman’s other major components. Only one set will actually fly in space as part of the Roman spacecraft…so why do we need two?
Sometimes engineers do major tests to simulate launch and space conditions on a spare. That way, they don’t risk damaging the one that will go on the observatory. It also saves time because the team can do all the testing on the spare while building up the flight version. In the Sun shield’s case, that means fitting the flight version with solar cells and eventually getting the panels integrated onto the spacecraft.
Our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's primary structure (also called the spacecraft bus) moves into the big clean room at our Goddard Space Flight Center (top). While engineers integrate other components onto the spacecraft bus in the clean room, the engineering test unit (also called the structural verification unit) undergoes testing in the centrifuge at Goddard. The centrifuge spins space hardware to ensure it will hold up against the forces of launch.
Engineers at our Goddard Space Flight Center recently tested the Solar Array Sun Shield qualification assembly in a thermal vacuum chamber, which simulates the hot and cold temperatures and low-pressure environment that the panels will experience in space. And since the panels will be stowed for launch, the team practiced deploying them in space-like conditions. They passed all the tests with flying colors!
The qualification panels will soon pass the testing baton to the flight version. After the flight Solar Array Sun Shield is installed on the Roman spacecraft, the whole spacecraft will go through lots of testing to ensure it will hold up during launch and perform as expected in space.
For more information about the Roman Space Telescope, visit: www.nasa.gov/roman. You can also virtually tour an interactive version of the telescope here.
Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!