Timeline Book from Apollo 11's Lunar Module rockets to auction

The cover of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book – to be auctioned almost 50 ...

On Sunday, July 20, 1969, the first thing ever written by a human while on a celestial body that wasn’t our own planet Earth was jotted onto a page. That page was within a book known as “The Timeline Book,” a book which had, only moments before, sat between two men, who were soon to become household names the world over.

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The Plan to Seed Life on Alien Planets

The 50th anniversary of “Earthrise” is the perfect opportunity to think about sending Earth’s life to the stars. Continue reading The Plan to Seed Life on Alien Planets

The Plan to Seed Life on Alien Planets

The 50th anniversary of “Earthrise” is the perfect opportunity to think about sending Earth’s life to the stars. Continue reading The Plan to Seed Life on Alien Planets

Interstellar 8-Track: The Not-So-Low-Tech Data Recorders of Voyager

On the outside chance that we ever encounter a space probe from an alien civilization, the degree to which the world will change cannot be overestimated. Not only will it prove that we’re not alone, or more likely weren’t, depending on how long said probe has been traveling through space, but we’ll have a bonanza of super-cool new technology to analyze. Just think of the fancy alloys, the advanced biomimetic thingamajigs, the poly-godknowswhat composites. We’ll take a huge leap forward by mimicking the alien technology; the mind boggles.

Sadly, we won’t be returning the favor. If aliens ever snag one …read more

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Corporations Are Ready to Build Moon Villages, Our Laws Are Not

Moon community concepts are being developed by federal space agencies and private spaceflight companies. What legal, economic, and social frameworks should apply to these communities? Continue reading Corporations Are Ready to Build Moon Villages, Our Laws Are Not

Before Sending A Probe To The Sun, Make Sure It Can Take The Heat

This past weekend, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe took off for a journey to study our local star. While its mission is well covered by science literate media sources, the equally interesting behind-the-scenes information is a little harder to come by. For that, we have Science News who gave us a look at some of the work that went into testing the probe.

NASA has built and tested space probes before, but none of them were destined to get as close to the sun as Parker will, creating new challenges for testing the probe. The lead engineer for the heat shield, …read more

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NASA Announces the First Astronauts Who Will Fly in the SpaceX Dragon

On Friday, NASA debuted the teams that will pilot America’s two commercial spacecraft: Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Continue reading NASA Announces the First Astronauts Who Will Fly in the SpaceX Dragon

The Russians And The Americans Only Want The Moon

For the generations who lived through the decades of the Space Race, the skies above were an exciting place. Every month it seemed there was a new announcement of a new mission, a Lunar landing, new pictures from a planetary probe, or fresh feats of derring-do from astronauts or cosmonauts. Space was inspiring!

As we moved through the Shuttle, Mir, and ISS eras, the fascinating work didn’t stop. The Mars rovers, the Cassini probe, the Chang-e Lunar mission, or the Hubble telescope, to name just a very few. But somehow along the way, space lost the shine for the general …read more

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