First photo of Earth from outer space; taken by strapping a camera to a US captured German V-2 Rocket and hoping the film would survive the crash, October 24th 1946
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IRIS² reinforced and accelerated as implementation advances
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IRIS² reinforced and accelerated as implementation advances
On 7 August, the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium concluded negotiations and signed an implementation agreement to roll out IRIS², the European Union’s new flagship satellite constellation. The agreement, among other things, adds 66 satellites…
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Looking Back: NASA's Manned Moon Missions Scrubbed
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Obama Scrubs NASA's Manned Moon Missions
Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation," according to the White House.
Lunar Orbiter 1: America’s First Lunar Satellite - 60 years ago
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Lunar Orbiter 1: America’s First Lunar Satellite
With the historic landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon, the summer of 1969 was quite memorable for me as a budding seven-year-old space enthusiast. And among my arsenal of reference material for that e…
Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight
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Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight
A device currently being used to help octogenarians do self-administered eye exams could be part of future space missions to monitor astronauts’ ocular health.
Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle northern hemisphere this week
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Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle northern hemisphere this week
Astronomers say viewing conditions promising for this year’s shower, and 50 to 100 meteors an hour may be visible
Liquid Nitrogen May Have Flowed on Pluto’s Surface in Recent Past
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Liquid Nitrogen May Have Flowed on Pluto’s Surface in Recent Past
Planetary researchers analyzing images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have found evidence that liquid nitrogen may still be seeping up from beneath the dwarf planet’s giant glacier, Sputnik Planitia, marking the first suggested case of recently flowing…
Long March 7A explodes during first stage burn
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Failure: Long March 7A Flight 18 Launch (No Commentary)
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Earth extremophile can grow in near-Mars-like conditions
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Earth extremophile can grow in near-Mars-like conditions | New Scientist
A salt-loving microorganism found in places like the Dead Sea can not just survive but actively grow in conditions close to those that may be found just under the Martian surface
Aftershock: How a club of college students made spaceflight history
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Aftershock: How a club of college students launched a rocket to space
After a catastrophic failure, a group of college students fall in a race against time to launch the highest and fastest amateur rocket in human history.
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Aug 5 SpaceX Moon Crash - Post Processing of Einstein Crater region
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Aug 5 SpaceX Moon Crash - Post Processing of Einstein Crater region
Processing the data from the Aug 5 livestream to enhance visibility along the lunar limb.