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Why You Should Worry About China’s First Space Station

China has successfully launched the Tiangong-1, its first space lab. It’s the first of a series of small test stations, and the first step towards the Country’s goal of having a 54-tonne space station in orbit by 2020.

August 15, 2011
Cameras

What A Shooting Star Looks Like From Space

NASA astronaut Ron Garan has captured something remarkable. A shooting star. Not in his hand or with his telescope, but with a camera. Still not impressed? He did this while orbiting above the meteor!

April 20, 2011
Science

First Space Station Ever Launched 40 Years Ago Today

By 1971, people had been in space. They’d even flown around the earth! But there’d never been a real home for humans in orbit – they went up, and they came down. That changed 40 years ago today.

March 20, 2011
Science

Retro Ringworlds

Back in the day, when NASA pilots posed with Corvettes and we were just getting to the Moon for the first time, our brightest minds thought space colonies might look at little something like this.

October 4, 2010
Science

This Is Russia’s Next Space Station For Tourists

Looks like the space tourism industry is heating up. RSC Energia – the designer and manufacturer of the Russian ISS modules – is creating a new space station for tourists, scientists and evil genius wannabes. Construction could start as soon as 2012.

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