Book Review: The Pale Blue Data Point
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: John Vester Title: The Pale Blue Data Point: An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien
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NASA image: “Mariner 4 image, the first close-up image ever taken of Mars. This shows an area about 330 km across by 1200 km from
From Wikipedia: “Visitors at the 38th Paris International Air and Space Show at Le Bourget Airfield line up to tour a Soviet An-225 Mechta aircraft
The Russian National Anthem, presented Friday, February 7, at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies. At about 1:45, cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev, Yelena Serova, Svetlana
Yuri Gagarin, Ed White and Jim McDivitt enjoy a handshake, mid-1960s. Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast, and creator of the This Space
Soyuz TMA-22 launches from the snowy Baikonur Cosmodrome November 13, 2011 at 11:14 p.m. EST. This was the first manned launch since July 8 this
According to Space.com, NASA officials announced this morning the ISS might be de-crewed (unmanned) staring in November due to the recent Progress launch vehicle failure.
It’s been kind of a crazy week everywhere for pretty much everyone, so I am going to keep this post short and sweet. According to
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project crews. From left, Apollo’s crew consisted of Donald “Deke” Slayton (a Mercury 7 astronaut), Thomas P. Stafford, and Vance Brand. Soyuz’s crew
Video of today’s Progress M-12M/44P launch, which re-entered and crashed shortly following its launch due to a propulsion system failure. Video courtesy of Spaceflight101.
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