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
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583902-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.
This simple demonstration puts the Earth–Moon distance into perspective
https://www.upworthy.com/professor-demonstrates-the-distance-to-the-moon-using-ball-and-string-ex1/
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Professor uses two balls and string to show how far the Moon actually is from Earth
The physical demonstration showed it's farther than most of us imagine.
Biggest 2D Map of the Universe Took 13 Years and 263,407 Photos to Make
https://petapixel.com/2026/08/11/biggest-2d-map-of-the-universe-took-13-years-and-263407-photos-to-make/
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Biggest 2D Map of the Universe Took 13 Years and 263,407 Photos to Make
263,407 telescope photos and nearly four billion celestial objects.
Tritium Betavoltaic Cells Aim to Support Future Lunar Bases
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IEEE Spectrum
Tritium Betavoltaic Cells Aim to Support Future Lunar Bases
Testing aboard an orbiting CubeSat is a first for the technology
Meteor Shower (Aug 12) on my Birthday 🎂
Hi! Just wanted to request a Meteor Shower pictures in your country during Aug 12, 2026!
Just for my 27th Birthday present coming from you guys! I’m from the Philippines and they said that it’s not visible in here :(( it can happen once in a blue moon like on the year of my birth (1999)
Looking forward for your nice pics. Lovelots ❤️
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Hi! Just wanted to request a Meteor Shower pictures in your country during Aug 12, 2026!
Just for my 27th Birthday present coming from you guys! I’m from the Philippines and they said that it’s not visible in here :(( it can happen once in a blue moon like on the year of my birth (1999)
Looking forward for your nice pics. Lovelots ❤️
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Cosmic river of gas may have tilted a young planetary system in Orion constellation
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Cosmic river of gas may have tilted a young planetary system in Orion constellation
Astronomers found evidence that a giant stream of gas flowing into a young triple-star system may have tilted its planet-forming disk, offering a new explanation for why some planetary systems are misaligned.
Good places to see Perseid meteor shower in Scotland?
Hi,
Looking for suggestions as my partner and I are looking to go somewhere to enjoy the shower.
We're located in East Lothian in Scotland. Does anyone know of good places to see the meteor shower or will any empty countryside do?
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Hi,
Looking for suggestions as my partner and I are looking to go somewhere to enjoy the shower.
We're located in East Lothian in Scotland. Does anyone know of good places to see the meteor shower or will any empty countryside do?
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America pioneered gravitational wave research. Now it may leave it behind.
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America pioneered gravitational wave research. Now it may leave it behind.
The LIGO facilities in the U.S. are the most sensitive gravitational wave detectors in the world. Their future remains uncertain.