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Apollo 11 View of Earth After Translunar Injection, July
This is a rare image of Earth taken by the Apollo 11 crew during the Apollo 11 trans-lunar coast. Images like the present lot ...
Harrowing space accidents from catastrophic fires to parachute tragedy
NASA's Apollo 13 mission, where disaster struck and an oxygen tank exploded, we take a look at some of the most harrowing space-related accidents ...
He Was a Prophet of Space Travel. His Ashes Were Found in a Basement.
During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten ...
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Nasa And Esa Want To Bring Martian Rocks To Earth. Here's What Will Happen To The Samples Once They Get Here
Nasa/JPL-Caltech A capsule, carrying those Martian samples, will eventually enter the Earth's atmosphere and parachute down to a government ... That's worked well for the Moon rocks; the Apollo 11-17 ...
Gender Equality May Be New For Space Tourism—Not For NASA
Blue Origin's all-female 11-minute flight on April 14 reminds us that there's a long line of women who have been making ...
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Gender Equality May Be New For Space Tourism—Not For NASA
The brief suborbital sojourn has a planned April 14 liftoff time of 8:30 a.m. CDT and will land just 11 minutes later ... and former NASA rocket scientist and CEO of the engineering firm STEMboard ...
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On His 70th Birthday, NASA's Oldest Astronaut Don Pettit Set To Return To Earth
Don Pettit, NASA's oldest astronaut, is set to return from space on April 19, his 70th birthday. Mr Pettit, currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has completed more than 3,520 ...