Today, Monday,August 29,2022 NASA launches the ARTEMIS I mission. The goal of this mission is to send a space capsule in orbit around the Moon and to be able to solve possible problems before sending astronauts on board ( mission 2) and then ( mission 3) to make them lunar. The last Moon mission […]

During our journey in the history of Space , there will be people we will not talk about and who nevertheless participated in this wonderful human adventure.Let them know that whatever their role : astronauts  , engineers  , person in charge of the household , cook  …, humanity is grateful to them and thanks   them […]

We will come back to the world of rockets   during our journey in the history of space conquest and we will see their evolutions, but it is impossible not to say a few words right away about reusable launchers that change our future.So here is just a small glimpse of the magic. If you watch […]

In everyday language, the term rocket refers to a space vehicle propelled by a high-powered jet engine. In reality, it is more accurate tu use the word launcher. The rocket   is intended to launch a load ( satellite  , manned vessel…) beyond the earth’s atmosphere. Falcon 9, Soyuz, Ariane…all the major space-faring nations have developed […]

A brief history of rocketry : The principle of the rocket was tested more than 2000 years ago, but less than 100 years ago rockets were built to explore space.The Greeks, the Chinese and the English imagined the principle of the rocket very early but it is with Isaac Newton (1642-1727) that things really started.Newton […]

Before setting out to conquer space, let’s get to know our solar system.THE SUN : The sun is a star at the center of our solar system. In stars, hydrogen and helium atoms undergo nuclear fusion reaction to produce new atome. The reactions release phenomenal amounts of energy in the form of light, making stars primary […]