Levitating barbecue demonstrates electromagnetic induction

This experiment took place at the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris. A 1kg aluminum plate is levitated above a large coil of wire that is being supplied with 800 A of alternating current at 900 Hz. Back in London, the host of the video visited the magnetic lab of Michael Faraday in the basement […]

NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort System

NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort System The Launch Abort System, or LAS, is positioned atop the Orion crew module. It is designed to protect astronauts if a problem arises during launch by pulling the spacecraft away from a failing rocket. Weighing approximately 16,000 pounds, the LAS can activate within milliseconds to pull the vehicle […]

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