The United World Colleges Concept.

UWC HISTORY & FOUNDING IDEAS In the turbulent world of the 21st century, UWC’s aims and objectives are as relevant today as they were in 1962 – perhaps even more so. UWC was founded in 1962 when Atlantic College in south Wales, UK admitted its first students. At a time when the Cold War was […]

ExoMars

Descrizione La missione è suddivisa in due fasi. Nella prima, in agenda a marzo 2016, una sonda (TGO) resterà nell’orbita per indagare la presenza di metano e altri gas presenti nell’atmosfera, possibili indizi di una presenza di vita attiva, mentre un modulo (EDM) denominato Schiaparelli contenente la stazione meteo (Dreams) ed altri strumenti, atterrerà su […]

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La mia passione, il mio sogno

Quali possono essere le passioni di una ragazzina di 15 anni? Come tutti i ragazzi della sua età, Celine adora le cose semplici della vita, ma anche quelle più essenziali, come la famiglia, elemento fondamentale per l’esistenza e la formazione della personalità di ogni individuo; praticare attività fisica, beneficio per il corpo e la mente; […]

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Un’auto rossa per il pianeta rosso?! Veramente?

Primo articolo in italiano🇮🇹 First article in Italian🇮🇹

Paolo Nespoli: a 60 years old man in space

Paolo Angelo Nespoli was born in Milan on the 6th of April 1957. He grew up in Verano Brianza, a small town near Milan and in 1977 he graduated in “Paolo Frisi” high school in Desio. From 1977 to 1980 he frequented the military skydiving school in Pisa where he got qualified as skydiving sub-officer […]

EXOMARS 2016-2018

Description The mission is divided into two parts. In the first phase, programmed for March 2016, a probe (TGO) stayed in Mars orbit to discover if there’s methane and other gases (possible signs of active life) which are in the atmosphere, meanwhile a module (EDM) called Schiaparelli, which contains a meteorological station (Dreams), landed on […]

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Spacecrafts

Spaceships (also called spacecrafts) are vehicles designed to fly outer space. They are used for a variety of purposes like communications, earth observations, meteorology, navigation, planetary explorations, space colonization and transportation of humans and cargo. There are five principles steps to follow in order to obtain a spacecraft. The first step is to determine the […]

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Ozone Layer Deplation

First of all, what is Ozone layer? Ozone layer is a natural sunscreen that protects us from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet radiation. This sunscreen contains three oxygen atoms. It is constantly being formed and broken down in the stratosphere (that is the atmosphere layer above the troposphere). The destruction of ozone layer is caused by […]

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WELCOME TO SAAS: JOIN ME IN THIS JOURNEY

Hi everyone, welcome to Science And Aerospace website. My name is Celine, I’m 15 year old and I am the owner of SAAS. In this website I’ll post articles about science, aeronautics, space and more, some of them will be not just in English but also in Italian (when I can). I’ll post articles once […]