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SES ComSat Boss Proclaims High ‘Confidence’ in SpaceX’s Bold 1st ‘Flight-Proven’ Rocket Launch – March 30
CAPE CANAVERAL/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - As the hours tick down to the history making liftoff of the world’s first…
Finite Light — Why We Always Look Back In Time
Light's finite speed make all gazing a ride in a time machine. Only a photon truly lives in the moment.
Watch Rotating Horns of Venus at Dawn
An old friend greeted us on our morning run yesterday, as we spied Venus in the dawn, 3 days after…
Take a Peek Inside Blue Origin’s New Shepard Crew Capsule
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos provided a sneak peek today into the interior of the New Shepard crew capsule, the…
The Orbit of Pluto. How Long is a Year on Pluto?
Given its extreme distance from the Sun, Pluto has a very long orbital period. As such, a single year on…
What is the Color of Pluto?
Thanks to the New Horizons mission, which conducted the first detailed study of Pluto in 2014, we know that Pluto's…
What is an Astronomical Unit?
The average distance between the Sun and the Earth - 149,597,870.7 km (or 92,955,807 mi) - is known as an…
Successful HotFire Test Sets SpaceX on Course for Historic Relaunch of 1st ‘Flight-Proven’ Rocket
SPACE VIEW PARK/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - This afternoons (Mar. 27) successful hotfire test of a recycled Falcon 9 booster…
Messier 38 – The Starfish Cluster
Located in the direction of the northern Auriga constellation, some light 4,200 years from Earth, is the open star cluster…
NASA Test Fires New Engine Controlling ‘Brain’ for First SLS MegaRocket Mission
Engineers carried out a critical hot fire engine test firing with the first new engine controlling ‘brain’ that will command…