While this forum is typically told in a “third-party voice,” every once in a while, I share from a personal experience. Last week, I had the unique and awe-inspiring opportunity to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center located on Merritt Island in Florida. While the use of metal and steel is abundant throughout the entire center, …
We are deviating from our normal “programming” of featuring something “metal related” to instead bring you something “out of this world!” The “Great” Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn will culminate this evening approximately an hour past sunset for the first time in 800 years! According to NASA, “What has become known popularly as the “Christmas …
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Over the weekend, history was made when the United States returned to launching American astronauts from American soil. The SpaceX Crew Dragon aboard the Falcon 9 rocket docked successfully with the International Space Station 19 hours after the successful launch (NASA). But this time it was different — they were lifted off in a commercial spacecraft …
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon and an image of Buzz Aldrin’s bootprint from the Apollo 11 mission. Image Credit: NASA “One giant leap for mankind … ” This past weekend, the world celebrated 50 years since the the first man stepped foot on the moon. In a BBC News report, “NASA marked …
Asteroid “Psyche” made of almost all metal; photo courtesy of NASA For our METALCON community who work with metal on a daily basis, you already live in a “world of metal.” But could you imagine a “world actually MADE of metal?” Observations from Earth hint that a 124-mile-wide (200 kilometers) asteroid called Psyche, is 95 …