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SpaceX Maiden Falcon Heavy Launch May Carry Satellite In November
The long-awaited Falcon Heavy from SpaceX may make its inaugural launch in November, 2016. But what will its payload be?
Is Alpha Centauri The Best Place To Look For Aliens?
With all the attention Breakthrough Starshot has been getting some are wondering if Alpha Cantauri is the best place to…
Do We Really Need Rockets to Go to Space?
We're familiar with rockets, those controlled explosions that carry cargo and fragile humans to space. But are there some non-rocket…
How Long Does It Take to Get to Pluto?
It's a long way out to the dwarf planet Pluto. So, just how fast could we get there? Pluto, the…
Here’s a Better Use for Fighter Jets: Launching Satellites
For decades, the human race has been deploying satellites into orbit. And in all that time, the method has remained…
The Most Unique Rocket Launch You’ll Ever See
Have you ever heard of a girandola? I had not until we came across this video -- which is pretty…
All the World’s Rockets, Past, Present and Future
MOAR rockets! As a followup to our recent post about the Rockets of the World (to scale), here's another graphic…
The World’s Rockets to Scale
Inspired by a book and poster from 1995, titled "Rockets of the World," graphic artist Tyler Skrabek has provided a…
How Can We Clean Up That Space Junk?
We're total litterbugs. Here on Earth, and out in space. What are some strategies that have been developed to clean…
Rocket Fail Video Shows Human And Technological Risk With Each Launch
What you see above is 32 minutes of something going wrong during each launch. While humanity has been launching things…