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SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy’s first commercial mission, nails triple landing!

Following the ridiculousness that was the first Falcon Heavy launch, where SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into space (because: why not?), SpaceX has now successfully completed its first launch for a commercial customer using the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. T-60 seconds → https://t.co/gtC39uBC7z pic.twitter.com/3eVqgEtxyR — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 11, 2019 The world’s most powerful […] More

by Dan Broadbent April 11, 2019, 9:03 pm
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover just captured TWO solar eclipses on Mars!

Today, NASA announced that its Mars Curiosity Rover captured not one, but two solar eclipses from the surface of Mars last month – one each for both of its moons. In order to capture the eclipses, the Curiosity Rover had to bring along special “eclipse glasses”, as NASA explains on the JPL website: When NASA’s […] More

by Dan Broadbent April 4, 2019, 10:16 pm
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NASA says debris from destroyed satellite threatens safety of crew on the International Space Station

Last week, India intentionally destroyed one of its own satellites in orbit around Earth with a missile, resulting in a large field of space junk currently orbiting Earth. NASA has called the act a “terrible, terrible thing” that has created an “unacceptable” threat to the crew currently aboard the International Space Station. In a town hall held yesterday, NASA […] More

by Dan Broadbent April 2, 2019, 5:00 pm
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NASA wants to pay you over $18,000 to just lie in a bed for 2 months

If you’re like me, you dread waking up and getting out of bed in the morning. And if you’re like me, the idea of being paid over $18,000 to stay in bed 24/7 sounds… just wonderful. That’s exactly what a team of researchers at the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Cologne, Germany are looking […] More

by Dan Broadbent March 28, 2019, 5:51 pm
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Please stop freaking out about NASA canceling their first all-female spacewalk.

As you may have heard, NASA were set to have the first all-female spacewalk this coming Friday, March 29th. However, yesterday NASA made the announcement that they re-assigned the astronauts for the walk, leading to an onslaught of speculation and accusations. Contrary to what many headlines or comments would have you believe, this is *not* […] More

by Dan Broadbent March 26, 2019, 1:27 pm
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Researchers believe they may have found life currently living on Mars

In a paper published in the Journal of Astrobiology and Space Science Reviews, researchers believe they may have found evidence of life currently living on Mars. The researchers believe that fungi-like ‘growths’ found on Mars indicate that there is microbial life currently in existence. These were observed in pictures taken by the Opportunity Rover (may it […] More

by Dan Broadbent March 25, 2019, 9:53 pm
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This German professor just repainted his observatory into R2-D2

A long time ago (September 2018) in a galaxy far, far away (Germany), one man decided to give his observatory some extra pizzazz by painting it to look like R2-D2 from Star Wars. Hubert Zitt, with the help of a small team, transformed the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association into an enormous R2-D2. Bored Panda […] More

by Dan Broadbent March 25, 2019, 4:47 pm
in Medicine, Space

Before we go to Mars, humanity needs to address Herpes in space

There are all sorts of activities that an outbreak of herpes can prevent you from participating in. From mountain biking, to swimming, to just about any physical activity, if you’ve got an active herpes flare up, chances are you’re going to stay at home. If your herpes isn’t flaring up at the moment, thanks to […] More

by James Schlarmann March 18, 2019, 5:41 pm
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon splashes down in the Atlantic, ending its maiden voyage to the ISS

After launching from historic pad 39A in Florida early last Saturday morning, SpaceX’s first of two demonstration missions has now come to a close. Crew Dragon was the first commercially-built vehicle to ever autonomously dock with the International Space Station, where it stayed for just five short days prior to returning home to complete the […] More

by Dan Broadbent March 8, 2019, 9:48 am
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A tour of Kennedy Space Center, & NASA’s plan to put humans back in space from US soil

This past weekend, I had the honor of being invited on a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. This was the third time I’ve had the privilege of getting access to parts of NASA facilities that are normally restricted to us civilians (with the other two being the TESS launch last […] More

by Dan Broadbent March 7, 2019, 4:47 pm
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This Video of Harpoon Fishing Space Junk and It’s Exactly as Rad As You’d Expect

We’re still a long way away from being able to target a torpedo down an exhaust shaft that’s only two meters wide, but the University of Surrey’s RemoveDEBRIS satellite just did something that could put mankind squarely on the road toward being able to one day blow up a Death Star. From a distance of 20 […] More

by James Schlarmann February 16, 2019, 5:20 pm
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‘My battery is low and it’s getting very dark’ – Why we’re crying over losing Opportunity

Yesterday, NASA announced what most of us had been fearing since last June: that the Mars Opportunity rover is officially dead. Despite being aware of what NASA was going to say, many of us (present company included) had a strong emotional reaction to the news. I found myself questioning why so many of us felt […] More

by Dan Broadbent February 14, 2019, 4:24 pm

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