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A Spectacular Supermoon Is on the Way

(via mental_floss) If you’re planning some kind of outdoor nocturnal mischief this November, we recommend you avoid the 14th, when

(via Atlas Obscura) It’s entirely possible that someone alive today on Earth will be the first person to die on

(via Wendover Productions) We’ve been to the moon. We’ve played golf on it. We might go back for a visit

(via Atlas Obscura) During the Cold War, the U.S. and the USSR fought for dominion over the coveted title of World’s

(via JSTOR Daily) The space race of the Sixties now seems a distant memory: all those moonwalks, Cold War rivalries,

July 29, 2016July 26, 2016 0 Comments earth, Space

(via NASA) On July 20, 2015, NASA released to the world the first image of the sunlit side of Earth

(via Popular Mechanics) Even after 47 years, lunar dust still clings to the gloves and helmet Neil Armstrong wore when

(via Smithsonian) The computer code that sent Apollo 11 to the moon just resurfaced online and is chock-full of jokes.

(via Popular Mechanics) When a fresh crew blasts off toward the International Space Station this week, their first task will

(via Tech Insider) A common misconception about space is that objects are free from the shackles of gravity. The truth

Last Space Shuttle launch – Atlantis – STS-135 July 21, 2011. A pilot in the area was able to shoot

(via Popular Mechanics) At about 9 p.m. Eastern on the Fourth of July, the Juno spacecraft will conclude a five-year