Space Exploration Technologies

What to Wear? The History and Future of Spacesuits

The issue of “what to wear?” takes on an extra dimension of life and death when it comes to space…

10 years ago

Astronauts fired up the International Space Station's Yard-a-Pult (actually, we mean the Japanese Kibo arm's satellite launcher) this week to…

10 years ago

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If you were to find yourself on the Red Planet, what would you do when you get there? Those who…

10 years ago

A week ago today, Slate published an article asking "What Is NASA for?" After the author opened the article comparing…

10 years ago

About six years ago, the Canadarm -- Canada's iconic robotic arm used in space -- was almost sold to a…

10 years ago

The Columbia's shuttle fiery end came as the STS-107 astronauts' families were waiting runway-side for everyone to come home. NASA's…

10 years ago

A bunch of people really, really want to go to the Red Planet on the proposed one-way Mars One trip;…

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When you have a Mars mission that is designed to search for life or life-friendly environments, it would be several…

10 years ago

UPDATE: Orbital announced the Antares launch today (Jan. 8) has been scrubbed because of solar activity. More info on the…

10 years ago

Seaside panoramic view of an Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences at Launch Pad 0A at…

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