Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life
Scientists have advocated for a mission to Europa since at least the 1990s. Nasa’s Europa Orbiter was cancelled in 2002, ...
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How Europe's creating the moon on Earth
Getting to the moon takes a lot of small steps, like Europe's new LUNA training facility. But it's not there yet. Next step: a moon gravity simulator ...
When it comes to space, Canada has always reached for the stars
Why is space so important for Canada? The simple answer is because it has allowed us to achieve important national objectives ...
Omega Is Re-Releasing the First Speedmaster to Ever Go to Space
The brand-new Omega Speedmaster First Omega in Space is based not upon a NASA-approved Moonwatch, but the reference CK 2998 ...
Astronomers Claim The Moon Was ‘Stolen’ By Earth As It Passed By During A Close Encounter
Astronomers from Penn State University trying to figure out the origin of our planet's moon are now claiming that the moon was essentially stolen by the ...
The Moon’s True Origin: Capture Theory Challenges Decades-Old Beliefs
Research suggests the Earth captured the Moon from space, rather than forming the rocky satellite from collision particles ...
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Apollo 11 Launch: Photographed
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the ...
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First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's speech notes posted online by Purdue
The online archive reveals the astronaut's handwritten notations and quips.
2 NASA astronauts bumped to save room for stranded Starliner colleagues on watching liftoff: ‘That’s my rocket’
Astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson were forced to give up their seats to Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were ...
Meet SpaceHopper, a three-legged hopping asteroid explorer
The bouncy bot was designed by university students in Switzerland for exploring microgravity environments, such as asteroids.
Earth doesn't really have a second moon—but here's what would happen if we did
If you were hoping to see the “mini moon,” you’ve probably been disappointed. But experts say the asteroid was an important ...
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Ground Game: Raytheon’s Mission Operations Centers Improve Forecasting for Civilian Space Missions
Building 30 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, is hallowed ground to people who are part of the civil space industry. At approximately 3:18 p.m. on July 20, 1969, a room full of ...