space age
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The Saddest and Strangest Tales of Animals in Space
From spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of the Space Shuttle, the history of animals in space is as fascinating as it is weird. Here are some of our favorite stories. On June 11, 1948, a rhesus monkey named Albert I become the first animal to reach space,…
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When It Comes to Exploring Space, We’re Still Stuck in the Stone Ages
We’re rapidly approaching the quarter mark of the 21st century, but instead of being at the brink of a radical transformative stage, such as the futuristic vision akin to Arthur C. Clarke’s Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey, we’re still throwing proverbial bones into the sky. Such is the feeling I get in the…
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January Was One Hell of Month in Spaceflight
We knew 2024 was going to be a landmark year in spaceflight, and judging by the wide range of developments in just the first month, we’re in for an extraordinary ride throughout the rest of the year. It’s been a wild month in space. NASA finally cracked open its asteroid sample container, revealing cosmic secrets…
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Artemis Delayed: NASA Astronauts Won’t Return to the Moon This Year
NASA is dealing with a host of safety and technical issues related to the spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the Moon, forcing it to postpone two Artemis missions as it tries to resolve a number of logistical challenges. During a press conference on Tuesday, NASA announced that it is now targeting September 2025 for…