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With the end of 2014 upon us, I figured it was time to look back over this year’s material on Drew Ex Machina and see which […]
Recently I re-read the 1980 revised edition of Robert Powers’ book Planetary Encounters: The Future of Unmanned Spaceflight which I had bought just a couple of […]
In the days before the internet, the primary means of getting information about space exploration was in books and print periodicals. And back in those days […]
There has been increasing interest in recent years in using the technology employed in miniaturized Earth-orbiting satellites for lunar and planetary exploration. NASA’s recent call for […]
With a total of seven spacecraft currently operating in orbit and on the surface of Mars today, it seems hard to believe that just a half […]
The desire to find life on another planet is as strong today among scientists and lay people as it has ever been. While this search had […]
The Voyager mission to the outer planets was arguably one of the greatest voyages of discovery in the history of human exploration. Over the course of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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