Can you tell direction in space?

Can you tell direction in space?

Using the defined coordinate frame, a spacecraft must be able to both determine and control its orientation. Instead of a compass, spacecraft sensors use the sun and stars to determine the craft’s orientation relative to the coordinate frame.

Is there a compass for space?

Compasses work using magnetic fields. As you leave the Earth and move into space the magnetic field will get weaker. Even though the field is weaker, the compass can still align with it meaning that a compass on the International Space Station would still be a reliable guide to the North Pole.

Is there such thing as north in space?

“As far as we astronomers can tell, there really is no ‘up’ or ‘down’ in space,” he says. So the answer to the question of which way up is the Earth is simple: it is not any particular way up and there is no good reason other than a historical superiority complex to think of north as being the top of the world.

Is there an up or down side of the Earth?

No, there is no up or down, no north or south. Up and down are defined by gravity fields. We’re so used to being in one that we take it for granted, but without one, “up” is a meaningless concept. Similarly, “north and south” are defined only with respect to the earth’s surface. If you’re…

Is there an up and down in space?

There is no up or down in space. Up and down on Earth are defined by Earths gravity. North and South are defined (for convenience) on Earth (partially by orientation of a compass needles which, by the way, actually point to Earths magnetic south). There is no reason why we orientate maps in the way we do.

Why can’t we turn the universe upside down?

We (in USA) randomly use a globe with Antarctica on the bottom, and define up as away from ground, but in space there is no up or down or anything. You cant turn the universe upside down, because universe isn’t right side up, it just is.

What is the direction of north south east west in space?

Quora User, Medical Professional at Medicine and Healthcare. There is no north south east west, or up and down in space. north, south, east, and west refer to the Earth’s magnetic or geographic poles, irrelevant in space.