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The landing of Chang’e 3 on the Moon on December 14, 2013 rightfully received a lot of attention not only because it was China’s first landing […]
One of the earliest television shows I clearly recall watching as a young child was the original run of the scifi classic, Lost in Space. As […]
Along with the pair of rovers still active on the Martian surface (including Opportunity which has been on the move for over a decade now), NASA’s […]
Not all that long ago, the web was filled with articles and postings in celebration of the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. What is […]
Looking at NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) which has been in orbit around the Moon since 2009, people today might take it for granted that lunar […]
Among the lay public, probably one of the most misunderstood astronomical terms that has recently come into common use has to be “super-Earth”. All too often, […]
Among the small fleet of interplanetary spacecraft scattered around the Solar System is NASA’s Dawn mission to the largest asteroids Vesta and Ceres. What makes this […]
While I have had a long-time interest in lunar and planetary exploration both as a scientist and a historian, for the past quarter of a century […]
On July 14, 2015 NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to the dwarf planet Pluto after a long voyage of 9½ years. Even […]
During the past few days, word has started to spread about the latest study that has resulted in the “disappearance” of a pair of planets that […]
It can be argued that one of the key advances in making miniature satellite technology more readily available to a wider range of potential users has […]
I bet a lot of space enthusiasts can recall a single event that sparked their interest in space exploration. I know I certainly can but it […]
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