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The giant leap for humanity was not stepping on the Moon but getting to Earth orbit
The launch of Sputnik in 1957 marked not just the advent of the Space Age but had an even deeper significance.
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By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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India’s Mars orbiter completes six years at the red planet, but where is the science?
Hailed as India’s most successful space mission, Mangalyaan has an ugly vacuum of science results.
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Why explore asteroids, comets, and other small worlds
They're cosmic time capsules that provide a peek at our origin story.
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The Moon’s potential for radio astronomy and Chang’e 4
The lunar farside is uniquely placed for better observing the radio Universe.
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NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft revealed how Mars lost its atmosphere and water
What is the achilles’ heel of Mars? MAVEN found out.
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Interviewing Tory Bruno, leading the company that has launched every NASA mission to Mars
“Atlas V is the most accurate rocket in the world.”
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The landing site of NASA Apollo 11
NASA chose the Apollo 11 landing site for engineering simplicity, but it had scientific benefits nevertheless.
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Everything you need to know about SpaceX’s historic launch of NASA astronauts
A successful mission means the US can launch astronauts from home again, and match Russia’s and China’s capabilities.
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Why explore Venus
Earth’s sister planet warns us that planetary climates can change dramatically.
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Timeline for life until the end of the Universe
What does life need to do to survive till the end of stars in the Universe?
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ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is creating the highest resolution map of the Moon
The spacecraft is quantifying just how much water ice exists on the Moon’s poles.
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Super Saturn – How does a planet maintain rings 200 times larger than Saturn’s?
Can such a massive ring system even exist?