Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
It has been a long time coming, but finally the space ship that will usher in the new age of private spaceflight, SpaceShipTwo, was unveiled at Mojave...
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The average citizen will often pose the question, "If we landed on the moon in the 60s, then why haven't we gone anywhere or done any...
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Everything has its time. In the case of the space shuttle program some would argue that its time has come and gone. It cannot be argued however that...
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Over the past two decades again and again little bits and pieces of information have pointed to life once existing on Mars. It may still currently...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
A space shuttle mission is an immensely complicated affair and to have a mission with few, if any, issues from start to finish is rare. STS-129 was...
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They were scheduled to last all of 90 days; they have lasted for over five years. The Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have shown the...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
After the loss of space shuttle Columbia in 2003 many supposedly knowledgeable pundits spoke about that one more disaster would spell the end of NASA....
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The other day I was asked, "So what makes up a space shuttle crew?" I did not know what he meant. he seemed to think that a shuttle crew is...
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The crew of STS-129 onboard the space shuttle Atlantis must realize that theirs is a shorter-than-average mission, (STS-129 is scheduled to last only...
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Konstantin Feoktistov's first and only mission into space has been called many things, propaganda, a stunt, foolish and other less flattering...
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