Apollo
Cool Infographics Explain 8 Key Events on Orion’s EFT-1 Test Flight
After moving out to the launch pad earlier this week, NASA’s first Orion spacecraft was hoisted atop the most powerful…
Making the Moon: The Practice Crater Fields of Flagstaff, Arizona
Between the years of 1969 and 1972 the astronauts of the Apollo missions personally explored the alien landscape of the lunar…
Earth Dodges a Bullet — New Radar Images of Asteroid 2014 SC324
Looks like we dodged a bullet. A bullet-shaped asteroid that is. The 70-meter Goldstone radar dish, part of NASA's Deep…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 17, 2014: Comet Siding Spring & Dark Matter
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) (more…)
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ULA Delta IV Heavy Rocket Rolled to Cape Launch Pad and Raised for Orion’s First Flight
The march towards first launch of NASA’s next generation Orion crew vehicle is accelerating rapidly. The world’s most powerful rocket…
45 Years Ago Today: Relive the Historic Apollo 11 Launch
45 years ago today -- on July 16th, 1969 -- the Apollo 11 crew left Earth for the first human…
Buzz Aldrin Wants to Know: Where Were You When Apollo 11 Landed on the Moon?
If you are 45 years or older, chances are you know where you were and what you were doing on…
Watch the Trailer for “The Last Man on the Moon”
On December 14, 1972, at about 5:40 a.m. GMT, Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan returned to the lunar…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 345: Numbered Places: Launch Complex 39
Almost every historic American launch occurred at one place in Cape Canaveral: Launch Complex 39. Good old LC39 was build…
Imagine What Could Be Done With a “Penny4NASA”
If you're reading this then you're probably a big fan of space exploration. And while on one hand you could…