rockets

Is Alpha Centauri The Best Place To Look For Aliens?

With all the attention Breakthrough Starshot has been getting some are wondering if Alpha Cantauri is the best place to…

8 years ago

Do We Really Need Rockets to Go to Space?

We're familiar with rockets, those controlled explosions that carry cargo and fragile humans to space. But are there some non-rocket…

8 years ago

How Long Does It Take to Get to Pluto?

It's a long way out to the dwarf planet Pluto. So, just how fast could we get there? Pluto, the…

9 years ago

Here’s a Better Use for Fighter Jets: Launching Satellites

For decades, the human race has been deploying satellites into orbit. And in all that time, the method has remained…

9 years ago

The Most Unique Rocket Launch You’ll Ever See

Have you ever heard of a girandola? I had not until we came across this video -- which is pretty…

9 years ago

All the World’s Rockets, Past, Present and Future

MOAR rockets! As a followup to our recent post about the Rockets of the World (to scale), here's another graphic…

9 years ago

The World’s Rockets to Scale

Inspired by a book and poster from 1995, titled "Rockets of the World," graphic artist Tyler Skrabek has provided a…

9 years ago

How Can We Clean Up That Space Junk?

We're total litterbugs. Here on Earth, and out in space. What are some strategies that have been developed to clean…

10 years ago

Rocket Fail Video Shows Human And Technological Risk With Each Launch

What you see above is 32 minutes of something going wrong during each launch. While humanity has been launching things…

10 years ago

Astronomy Cast 318: Escape Velocity

Sometimes you've just got to get away from it all. From your planet, your Solar System and your galaxy. If…

10 years ago