Space Exploration
Can You Solve This Apollo 1 Spacesuit Mystery?
Reader Jeff Arnoldi recently approached me with an intriguing question about this Apollo 1 picture: Note that the U.S. flag…
Why An Astronaut Asked 15 Year Old Abby to Help Get The Word Out
It seems an unlikely scenario: a teenager from Minnesota helping Italy's next astronaut talk to the public about spaceflight. But…
- Aeronautics
- Astronauts
- Citizen Science
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- Earth
- Solar System
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SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket Engines for First Ever Supersonic Test Flight- Photos & Video
SpaceShipTwo fires her rocket motor in flight for 1st time on April 29, 2013. Credit: MarsScientific.com Updated with more Photos…
Experts Urge Removal of Space Debris From Orbit
Action is needed soon to remove the largest pieces of space debris from orbit before the amount of junk destroys…
Why Spacewalking Is All About The Hands
Think about your typical construction worker -- there's a lot of reaching, bending, stretching, lifting. How do you accomplish those…
- Charles Bolden
- Commercial Space
- Earth Observation
- Falcon 9
- Launches
- NASA
- Space Exploration
- Space Shuttle
- Space Station
- SpaceX
Antares Maiden Soar Pierces Virginia Sky and delivers NASA SmartPhone Pioneer Nanosats to Orbit
The privately developed Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp. successfully blasted off on its maiden test flight from the…
- Commercial Space
- NASA
- Space Exploration
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- Space Launch System (SLS)
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Antares Launch Ignites Commercial Space Competition Race
The commercial space competition race is about to begin, and with a big bang at a most unexpected locale; Virginia’s…
Orion Capsule Accelerating to 2014 Launch and Eventual Asteroid Exploration
NASA is picking up the construction pace on the inaugural space-bound Orion crew capsule at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)…
Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter
On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 mission which, like its previously-launched and ill-fated sibling Mars…
Golden Spike Still Needs Your Help to Get to the Moon
Last December the Golden Spike Company announced its plans to enable private-sector lunar exploration missions which would be feasible, profitable, and…