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John Bisney and J. L. Pickering’s latest, “Moonshots & Snapshots of Project Apollo,” is a stunning look at the Apollo...
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Just months after Sputnik's launch, the USAF had a manned lunar landing program all figured out.
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A couple of weeks ago I got some sad news from our fearless leader, Paul: PopSci’s Editor-in-Chief decided to shut...
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The engineers who designed and built the Saturn V rocket knew it was a behemoth, but no one was totally...
This Rocket Failed to Put Soviets on the Moon
It was so cold on February 20, 1969, that the launch was delayed; even the biggest of all Soviet rockets...
How NASA Goes to Space Without Leaving the Earth
On June 16, 1968, Joe Kerwin, Vance Brand, and Joe Engle climbed into and were sealed inside their Apollo command...
Meet the Creepiest Android NASA Ever Built
In the name of getting Americans into space and to the Moon in the 1960s, no research program was too...
Why Did the Mercury 13 Astronauts Never Fly in Space?
Jerrie Cobb kicked off her black pumps and crossed her stockinged feet on the floor. It was an unusual thing...
Why You Should Be Really Excited That Juno is at Jupiter
On July 4, NASA’s Juno spacecraft fired its engines for the 35-minute orbit insertion burn. The spacecraft’s nearly five year...
