Det blev en fin cykeltur till Billdals park med fika på Systrarna Werner tillsammans med Rune S. Rejäl motvind dit men skön medvind hem. Avslutade med färjan från Stenpiren och då fick jag syn på månen. Men icke, det var solen som sken genom diset.
Six years of hard work and dedication paid off in spectacular fashion today, as the Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, successfully blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Hitching a ride on a Space-X Falcon-9 launcher, the tiny satellite – measuring just 10.7cm x 10.7cm x 22.7cm – has now made history as Ireland’s […]
Video: 00:04:04 On 1 December 2023, at 19:19 CET (18:18 GMT), Ireland's first satellite EIRSAT-1 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. Built by students at University College Dublin under guidance of ESA’s Education Office, EIRSAT-1 is a 2-unit CubeSat carrying three experiments, including a novel gamma ray detector that will study some of the […]