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The Most Precious Human Relics Left in Space
Being the space nerd that I am, I often imagine a museum filled with the most important objects ever sent to space. We couldn’t possibly build a place like this, but we can speculate as to which human artifacts deserve a place in our imaginary spaceflight museum.
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The First Photograph of the Entire Globe: 50 Years On, Blue Marble Still Inspires
December 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble photograph. The crew of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft – the last manned mission to the Moon – took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualised our planet forever. Taken with a Hasselblad film camera, it was the first photograph taken of the…
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How To Watch NASA’s Artemis 1 Launch, Which Is Totally Taking Off This Time (Hopefully)
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission has been delayed four times now, but on November 16, we might finally see the rocket take off and head to the moon.
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Why Hydrogen Leaks Continue to Be a Major Headache for NASA Launches
NASA’s Space Launch System is powered by a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Together, these elements provide for a compact and extremely powerful rocket propellant, but these same attributes are also what make this fuel a liability.