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How the Apollo Spacecraft works: Part 1
The only spacecraft to have delivered astronauts to the moon. In this video, we focus on the Saturn V rocket that launched ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
MIT Technology Review1d
The dream of offshore rocket launches is finally blasting off
Sea-based launches are hitting their stride. That could lead to a lot more space missions with a lot less red tape.
Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.
Briny Traces in NASA’s Asteroid Sample Hold Clues to the Chemistry of Life
The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...