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 […]

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Will Blueberry be the first human on Mars?

Have you ever heard about Alyssa Carson? Yes…No…Maybe? Well, whatever was your answers in this article I’m going to tell you her fantastic story. Alyssa is a normal 16 years old girl living in Louisiana who hangs out with her friends, goes to the movies, plays soccer, does ballet and Girl Scout. As her […]

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 […]

WELCOME TO SAAS: JOIN ME IN THIS JOURNEY

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