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You Need to See NASA’s Best Photos of the Year
NASA is a proud boomer that loves posting a good photo album. The space agency released 100 of its best 2023 photos on flickr, which go through the exciting highlights of the previous year. From asteroid samples landing on Earth to selecting the first crew of astronauts to go to the Moon since Apollo, this…
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The Most Captivating Spaceflight Images of 2023
Experimental rockets, Moon landers, planetary flybys, breathtaking spacewalks, and vintage boosters—these are just a few of the many stories that contributed to the most striking and memorable images of 2023. Indeed, the past 12 months have been a whirlwind of activity in the realm of spaceflight, whether in the lab, on the launch pad, or…
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Why 2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight
A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the coming 12 months, in what looks to be an extraordinary year in spaceflight. Here’s your 2024 calendar. The Moon takes center stage in 2024 An…
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The Earth Looks Flat In This Photo Taken From Space
Believe it or not, some idiots think that Earth doesn’t rotate and others still think that Earth is flat. I’m sure the latter group would love this picture just taken by our space Captain America — astronaut Reid Wiseman. The angles on those two coasts converging makes Earth’s spheroidal surface look strangely flat.