space race
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Curiosity Is Using Sweet New Tools To Explore Martian Sand Dunes
Curiosity is busy poking and prodding the Bagnold Dunes, learning some new tricks in the first-ever interplanetary fieldwork on a sand dune. And of course it looks absolutely stunning while doing it in this latest sand dune selfie.
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The Tragedy Of Apollo 1 Reshaped The Future Of NASA
Today was supposed to mark the first day of human flights for the Apollo program. Instead, flames exploded inside the capsule during a pre-flight test. The fatal accident changed the nature of America’s space program.
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SpaceX Wants To Land A Rocket On An Ocean Barge, Yet Again
What’s next for a company that just made spaceflight history by sending a rocket into orbit and safely landing it back on Earth? Why, doing it again, of course — but this time, on an ocean platform.
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Here’s Where The Tallest Observation Decks In The World Will Be In 2020
A crop of new skyscrapers are coming due over the next five years — and with them, nine new observation decks that will be taller than any others ever built.