Spacecraft High-speed lunar dust could cloud the future of human missions to the MoonThe Verge - Loren GrushLanding people on the Moon is messy — a lesson that the Apollo astronauts learned the hard way. Using a rocket engine to lower a large spacecraft down to the lunar surface kicks up a whole lot of fast-moving
Apollo Missions Apollo in 50 numbers: OdditiesBBC Future - Richard HollinghamNot all of the equipment carried into space was cutting edge and expensive. Some of the more humble odds and ends even prevented disaster. The second American in space, Gus Grissom, named his Mercury Liberty
Tech Industry How to Sell a Skeptical America On Funding the New Space RaceBloomberg - Sandrine Rastello On May 25, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy said Americans would land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth by the end of the decade. …
Buzz Aldrin The greatest photos ever? Why the moon landing shots are artistic masterpiecesThe Guardian - Jonathan JonesFifty years ago this week, a former navy pilot created one of the most revolutionary artistic masterpieces of the 20th century, one we have yet to fully assimilate. His name was Neil Armstrong and his
Play buttonScience 'Landing on Airwaves': Documentary Remembers Apollo 11 Moon LandingThe Atlantic - Emily Buder“It was a feeling that went throughout the world, almost like an electric bolt,” one woman remembers of the Apollo 11 moon landing, in Jonathan Napolitano’s short documentary Landing on Airwaves. The landing,
NASA 4 surprising tech innovations that came out of the Apollo moon landingsweforum.org - Daniel Brown NASA’s Apollo programme was one of the most challenging technological achievements in the 20th century. Beyond the space race and exploration, it …
Area 51 1.4 million people have signed up to storm Area 51. What could go wrong?The Guardian - Adrienne MateiUrban legend has it that Area 51 is a weird place. Yet even if the conspiracy theories are true and the Nevada air force facility harbors extraterrestrial technology and/or life, it would still barely
Moon Why investing in space must be a priorityThe Washington Times - Bill Posey When I heard President John F. Kennedy’s famous Rice University speech declaring America’s mission to the moon, like so many Americans, I was deeply …
Technology The Underappreciated Power of the Apollo ComputerThe Atlantic - Alexis C. MadrigalDespite what everyone says about the power of modern devices, they’re nowhere near as capable as the landmark early NASA system. Editor's Note: This article is part of a series reflecting on the Apollo
Hubble Mystery of universe’s expansion deepens with new cosmic calculation | New Scientistnewscientist.com - By Leah Crane The question of how fast the universe is expanding just keeps getting more confusing. Our two main methods of measuring the acceleration of the …
Play buttonParticles Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?Popular Science - Alex SchwartzSolar storms, sharp sand, and near-weightlessness are just the tip of the iceberg. Is Earth's fresh air, endless biodiversity, and (relatively) stable average temperature getting you down? Ever wanted
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Jim Bridenstine Bridenstine says NASA planning for human Mars missions in 2030sspacenews.com - Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said July 15 that, as NASA presses ahead with plans to return humans to the moon by 2024, he will not …
Play buttonNASA Apollo was NASA’s biggest win — but its legacy is holding the agency backThe Verge - Loren GrushEver since Apollo 11 carried the first people to the Moon, NASA has vowed that it will surpass its most historic achievement — either by returning to the Moon or by sending people to Mars. But after half
NASA As New Space Race Beckons, Astronauts Face Identity CrisisThe New York Times - By DAVID W. BROWN[Read all Times reporting on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. | Sign up for the weekly Science Times email.] First there were the test pilots — men in possession of what Tom Wolfe called
Play buttonHumanity We Will Never Get Tired of This Video of Astronauts Falling Over on The MoonScienceAlert - Michelle Starr We've all seen footage of astronauts bouncing around on the Moon, looking like they're having the best time ever. But getting your body to cooperate …
Design The space industry is booming again. This media company wants to be its voiceFast Company - Mark WilsonSupercluster is a love letter to space nerds—and a potentially clever way to launch a modern media company. When was the last time we launched something into space, like a satellite, or a telescope? The
Apollo Missions Apollo 11 anniversary: The inside story of Apollo 11's nail-biting descent to land on the moonCBS News - William Harwood Watch the CBS News prime-time special "Man on the Moon," celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Tuesday at 10/9c. Less than two weeks before …
NASA From Apollo to Mars: The Evolution of Spacesuitsspace.com - Chelsea Gohd Almost everyone on planet Earth has seen the famous images of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon. But, often overshadowed …
SpaceX Elon Musk's SpaceX now knows why its Crew Dragon explodedQuartz - Tim FernholzA propellant leak caused the destruction of a SpaceX vehicle during an April test as it prepared to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Engineers behind the spacecraft investigated what
SpaceX just sent out a statement on what possibly caused the Crew Dragon explosion in April. Main tidbit here: https://t.co/p5blXIeNfqtwitter.com
Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong's Heart Rate at the Apollo Moon LandingThe Atlantic - Marina KorenReal-time data from the Apollo 11 astronauts, carefully monitored by Mission Control, capture the frenzied maneuvers that put men on the moon. Editor's Note: This article is part of a series reflecting
Moon Open University works with NASA on Moon missionBBC NewsThe Open University is partnering with Nasa on a mission to the Moon. Scientists at the Milton Keynes-based university have developed an instrument which monitors the "very thin atmosphere" near the Moon's
Quantum Computing An Apollo Spacecraft Computer Is Brought Back to LifeThe Wall Street Journal. - Robert Lee HotzATHERTON, Calif.—There are times it feels easier to fly to the moon than from Houston to San Francisco. Jimmie Loocke, 72, transporting one of the world’s rarest computers—the electronic brain from an
Neil Armstrong Armstrong's famous "one small step" quote -- explainedAssociated Press - By The Associated PressWhat did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon? Millions on Earth who listened to him on TV or radio heard this : “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Science Headed to Mars? Pack Some Aerogel—You Know, for TerraformingWIRED - Wired Mars attacks. Its wisp of an atmosphere means that if you were standing on the surface, it’d be a race to see if suffocation or the sub-zero …
