57th Anniversary of John Glenn’s “Friendship 7” Flight
(via History) On February 20, 1962, John H. Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit
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10 Surprising Secrets From Apollo 11’s Historic Moon Landing
(via Discover) This year is the 49th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on
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Remembering the Astronaut Who Smuggled a Sandwich Into Space
(via Atlas Obscura) John Young, who died last Friday at the age of 87, was the longest-serving astronaut in NASA
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How Apollo 11’s Crew Reacted to Lunar Conspiracy Theories
(via How Stuff Works) “It would have been harder to fake it than to do it,” astronaut Neil Armstrong once said.
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Saturn V at 50: NASA moon rocket lifted off on maiden mission 50 years ago
(via CollectSpace) It stood taller than the Statue of Liberty, was more massive than six Boeing 747 jetliners and generated
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Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon
(via Atlas Obscura) On January 6, 1998, NASA’s Lunar Prospector blasted off for the south pole of the moon, looking
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10 Surprising Secrets From Apollo 11’s Historic Moon Landing
(via Discover) This year is the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on
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NASA’s Silver Snoopy Award, Explained
(via Atlas Obscura) Yes, NASA really does give out a prestigious award called the Silver Snoopy. But it isn’t given
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NASA’s most “successful failure”
(via Buzzle) On April 13, 1970, disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on
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NASA Launches the Galaxy’s Most Glorious Space Database
(via Smithsonian) Space is full of eye candy: exploding stars, nebulas of every shape and size, bizarre alien worlds. Though few
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How Do NASA’s Apollo Computers Stack Up to an iPhone?
(via Popular Mechanics) Yes, the modern smartphone is powerful than the computer used by NASA during the Apollo mission, but
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The Plan to Save the Most Important Piece of the Space Race
(via Popular Mechanics) Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module, will get its first significant conservation effort in 40 years—just in
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