Point Nemo: The Spacecraft Cemetery
(via Amusing Planet) Far off the east coast of New Zealand, about 3,300 kilometers out in the Pacific Ocean, lies
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The ’60s Soviet Space Probe That Crashed Into Wisconsin
(via Atlas Obscura) In September 1962, something fell from aloft in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, cracking the asphalt on North 8th Street
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Sergei Krikalev: The Man Who Went Up a Soviet And Came Down a Russian
(via Amusing Planet) While Sergei Krikalev was busy conducting space walks and putting things in order 300 kilometers up in
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Christmas Around the Moon
(via NASA) 50 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and
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NASA’s InSight Sticks Its Martian Landing
(via Popular Mechanics) Now the real science begins.
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10 Regular Things That Completely Change In Space
(via Listverse) We consider a lot of what we see around us to be immutable facts of life. But now
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Voyager 2 Is Getting Close to Interstellar Space
(via Popular Mechanics) It appears that Voyager 2 will be following its sibling through one of the ultimate barriers in
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Eating Like an Astronaut Means Kimchi for Koreans and Lasagna for Italians
(via Atlas Obscura) What people eat in space depends a lot on where they’re from on earth.
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Can you pass the test NASA gave potential astronauts in 1958?
(via Popular Science) In 1958, the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (aka NASA) launched a search for the
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6 Surprising Facts About the First Manned Space Mission
(via Live Science) Fifty-seven years ago, on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Reaching
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The U.S. Doesn’t Want Anyone Messing With the Apollo Landing Sites
(via Popular Mechanics) A new rush of companies and countries headed to the moon has the U.S. considering the best
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After a Year in Space, Astronaut Scott Kelly Is No Longer Genetically Identical to His Twin Brother
(via Mental Floss) After 342 consecutive days on the International Space Station from 2015 to 2016, astronaut Scott Kelly now
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