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Ask Us Anything
Here’s what really happens when you pull a muscle
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Climate Change
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Private Space Flight
$130,000 could buy you a Michelin-star meal with a view of the stars
![Skylab, America's first space station, orbits Earth.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/11/Skylab.jpg?w=800)
International Space Station