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Pulse-Pounding Photos Recall NASA’s Historic First Untethered Spacewalk, 40 Years On
It was forty years ago this week that two NASA astronauts embarked into uncharted orbital waters, becoming the first to perform a spacewalk without the benefit of a tether. These thrilling photos remind us of this extraordinary moment in spaceflight history. Over the decades, hundreds of astronauts have bravely ventured outside their spacecraft to work…
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Christopher Nolan’s Tenet Definitely Improves With a Revisit
When Christopher Nolan releases a new movie, it’s an event. Few filmmakers, even our most successful and well-known ones, carry the weight, expectations, and name recognition that Nolan does these days. So, as one might expect, film fans everywhere are currently getting ready to see his latest film Oppenheimer, which opens July 21. Nolan’s film…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Aims to Expand Its Future in Print Media
Before the Star Wars prequels began in 1999, fans depended on novels and other print media like 1987’s Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game to expand the storyline of the original trilogy. Even though much of those novelizations are no longer “canon,” those early books were how fans kept hope alive. The same thing may be…
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This Wind-Powered Car Goes Fast Enough To Break Physics
I’m hardly a science man, but I’ve been around cars enough to learn a thing or two about objects in motion. One thing I know for a fact is that wind can’t ever push you faster than it is going. I mean, you can tack a sailboat and technically go faster than your tailwind, but…